Reduction of uncertainty using sensitivity analysis methods for infinite random sets of indexable type

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 750-762

  Alvarez, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer evidence theory; Hartley like measure of nonspecificity; Random sets; Reduction of uncertainty; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMPSTER - SHAFER; DEMPSTER-SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; EXTENSION PRINCIPLES; FUZZY INTERVALS; FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS; HARTLEY-LIKE MEASURE OF NONSPECIFICITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PROBABILITY BOXES; RANDOM SETS; RELIABILITY ENGINEERINGS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM SAFETIES;

FUZZY SETS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SET THEORY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 64249097529     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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