Probability bounds analysis as a general approach to sensitivity analysis in decision making under uncertainty

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Aughenbaugh, Jason Matthew ^a   Paredis, Christiaan J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; FORMULATED PROBLEMS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; INTERVAL ARITHMETIC; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PROBABILITY BOUNDS ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85087585269     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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