Probabilities, intervals, what next? extension of interval computations to situations with partial information about probabilities

10th IMEKO TC7 Symposium on Advances of Measurement Science 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 130-135

  Krenovich, Vladik ^a   Solopchenko, Gennady N ^b   Ferson, Scott A ^c   Ginzburg, Lev ^c   Aló, Richard ^d  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect measurements; Interval computations; Total error

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING;

INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; INTERVAL COMPUTATIONS; MEASURED VALUES; PARTIAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; TOTAL ERRORS; TRADITIONAL ENGINEERINGS; UPPER BOUND;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84909988007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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