Fuzzy reliability analysis based on closed fuzzy numbers

Information Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 135-159

  Wu, Hsien Chung ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

CLOSED FUZZY NUMBERS; FUZZY VALUED PROBABILITY MEASURES;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0031541831     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-0255(97)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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