Challenge problems: Uncertainty in system response given uncertain parameters

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Oberkampf, William L ^a   Helton, Jon C ^b   Joslyn, Cliff A ^c   Wojtkiewicz, Steven F ^a   Ferson, Scott ^d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Irreducible uncertainty; Reducible uncertainty; Subjective uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALEATORY CERTAINTY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; IRREDUCIBLE UNCERTAINTY; REDUCIBLE UNCERTAINTY; SUBJECTIVE CERTAINTY; VARIABILITY;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642554727     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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