Classification and Moral Evaluation of Uncertainties in Engineering Modeling

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-570

  Murphy, Colleen ^a   Gardoni, Paolo ^b   Harris Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Modeling; Risk; Science; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CLASSIFICATION; ENGINEERING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCIENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80053313888     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9242-2     Document Type: Article

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