Mathematical representation of uncertainty

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Oberkamp, William L ^a   Helton, Jon C ^a   Sentz, Kari ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MODEL AND SIMULATION; PROBABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; USING PROBABILITIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85014687366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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