Design with uncertain qualitative variables under imperfect knowledge

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 977-986

  Pons, D J ^a   Raine, J K ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Design; Probability; Qualitative; Risk; Subjective; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DESIGN FOR SYSTEM INTEGRITY (DSI); ENGINEERING DESIGN; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD);

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 4043105522     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405041485975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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