Significance, interpretation, and quantification of uncertainty in prognostics and remaining useful life prediction

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 52-53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 228-247

  Sankararaman, Shankar ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBM; Filtering; Frequentist; Prognostics; Subjective; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FILTRATION; FORECASTING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FREQUENTIST; PROGNOSTICS; REMAINING USEFUL LIFE PREDICTIONS; REMAINING USEFUL LIVES; SUBJECTIVE; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS; CBM;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922968170     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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