Event-Tree Analysis with Imprecise Probabilities

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-344

  You, Xiaomin ^a   Tonon, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Event tree analysis; Imprecise probabilities; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CONVEX SET; EVENT-TREE ANALYSIS; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; LOWER PREVISION; NOVEL METHODS; REAL FUNCTIONS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

FORESTRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY;

COMPUTATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SET;

EID: 84857110119     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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