Composite multilinearity, epistemic uncertainty and risk achievement worth

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Borgonovo, E ^a   Smith, C L ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Importance measures; Reliability analysis; Risk analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EXPECTED VALUES; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; LUNAR SPACE MISSIONS; METRIC VALUES; POINT ESTIMATE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ACHIEVEMENT WORTH; SAFETY ANALYSIS;

NASA; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862270923     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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