How to process the random part of RFVs: Comparison of available methods and new proposal

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Mencattini, Arianna ^a   Salicone, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Random contributions; Random fuzzy variables (RFVs); T norms; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

FUZZY VARIABLE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; RANDOM CONTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PARTS; RANDOM-FUZZY VARIABLES; T - NORM; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 72349088481     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2025685     Document Type: Article

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