Comparison of probability and possibility for design against catastrophic failure under uncertainty

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 386-394

  Nikolaidis, Efstratios ^a   Chen, Sophie ^b   Cudney, Harley ^c   Haftka, Raphael T ^d   Rosca, Raluca ^d  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE; POSSIBILITY BASED METHODS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344569618     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1701878     Document Type: Article

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