Uncertainty analysis with probability and evidence theories

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Du, Xiaoping ^a  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Evidence theory; Probability theory; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; SET THEORY;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; EVIDENCE THEORY; PROBABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751315314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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