Imprecise probabilities based on generalised intervals for system reliability assessment

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-342

  Wang, Yan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Generalised interval; Imprecise Dirichlet model; Imprecise probability; Interval arithmetic; Updating

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; NATURAL GAS CONDITIONING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

GENERALISED INTERVAL; IMPRECISE DIRICHLET MODEL; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; INTERVAL ARITHMETIC; UPDATING;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 78149273906     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2010.035572     Document Type: Article

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