Evidence theory for engineering applications

Engineering Design Reliability Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10-1-10-30

  Oberkampf, William L ^a   Helton, Jon C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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