Computing with confidence

ISIPTA 2013 - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Ferson, Scott ^a   Balch, Michael ^a   Sentz, Kari ^b   Siegrist, Jack ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial probability; C boxes; Confidence intervals; Confidence structures; Imprecise beta model; P boxes; Probability bounds analysis; T distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BETA MODELS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; INFERENCE PROBLEM; MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS; PROBABILITY BOUNDS ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE; T DISTRIBUTION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84933581262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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