Solving black box computation problems using expert knowledge theory and methods

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 331-340

  Booker, Jane M ^a   McNamara, Laura A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitation; Epistemic uncertainty; Expert judgment; Probability theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELICITATION; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; PROBABILITY THEORY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 2642546520     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.03.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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