Fundamentals of the Dempster-Shafer theory and its applications to reliability modeling

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-601

  Rakowsky, Uwe Kay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Vossloh Kiepe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Evidence; Expert assessment; Reliability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE MODES; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEMPSTER SHAFER THEORY; EVENT TREE ANALYSIS; EXPERT ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY MODELING;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 38149071808     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539307002817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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