The triangular density to approximate the normal density: Decision rules-of-thumb

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-341

  Scherer, William T ^a   Pomroy, Thomas A ^a   Fuller, Douglas N ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations; Rules of thumb; Triangular density function

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY;

TRIANGULAR DENSITY FUNCTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141929395     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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