The value of using imprecise probabilities in engineering design

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 469-481

  Aughenbaugh, Jason Matthew ^a   Paredis, Christiaan J J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Engineering design; Epistemic uncertainty; Imprecise probabilities; Imprecision; PBA; Probability bounds analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; IMPRECISION; PBA; PROBABILITY BOUNDS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33244469089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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