New developments in uncertainty assessment and uncertainty management

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 964-974

  Ross, T J ^a   Booker, J M ^b   Montoya, A C ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b Booker Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Inference; Management; Total uncertainty; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

GENERAL METHOD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFERENCE; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; NON-SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; POLICY MAKING; TEST PLANNING; TOTAL UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; MANAGEMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867853281     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.05.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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