Interval reliability of typical systems with partially known probabilities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 153, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 790-802

  Utkin, Lev V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imprecise probabilities; Incomplete information; Lower and upper bounds; Reliability; Series and parallel systems; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

TYPICAL SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0242574292     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00819-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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