The value of using imprecise probabilities in engineering design

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 969-979

  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

PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

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

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 33746436657     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2204976     Document Type: Article

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