Safety assessment of structures in view of fuzzy randomness

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1567-1582

  Möller, Bernd ^a   Graf, Wolfgang ^a   Beer, Michael ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fuzzy probability; Fuzzy randomness; Fuzzy sets; Imprecise probability; Safety assessment; Structural reliability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

FUZZY FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FFORM);

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 0038587715     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00147-0     Document Type: Article

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