From dissecting ignorance to solving algebraic problems

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 223-238

  Ayyub, Bilal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Evidence; Ignorance; Information; Knowledge; Model; Opinion; Prediction; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTICS; EVIDENCE; IGNORANCE; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; OPINION; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642526953     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.03.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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