Dirty pages of logarithm tables, lifetime of the universe, and (subjective) probabilities on finite and infinite intervals

Reliable Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-106

  Nguyen, Hung T ^a   Kreinovich, Vladik ^b   Longpré, Luc ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SET THEORY; STRESSES; THEOREM PROVING;

FINITE INTERVALS; INFINITE INTERVALS; LOGARITHM TABLES; UNIVERSE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 1242265341     PISSN: 13853139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REOM.0000015848.19449.12     Document Type: Article

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