On modeling possibilistic uncertainty in two-state reliability theory

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-238

  De Cooman, Gert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Measure theory; Possibility theory; Reliability theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347484672     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0114(95)00379-7     Document Type: Article

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