Imprecise probability methods for sensitivity analysis in engineering

ISIPTA 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 317-326

  Oberguggenberger, Michael ^a   King, Julian ^a   Schmelzer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerospace engineering; Fuzzy sets; Random sets; Reliability of structures; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING MODELS; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; INPUT PARAMETER; OUTPUT VALUES; RANDOM SET; SIMULATION METHODS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883213299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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