A new Cauchy-based black-box technique for uncertainty in risk analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 267-279

  Kreinovich, V ^a   Ferson, S A ^b  

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

^b APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black box techniques; Monte Carlo; Risk analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLACK-BOX TECHNIQUE; MONTE-CARLO; RISK ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642529400     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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