Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis in Engineering and the Sciences

by Bilal M. Ayyub, George J. Klir

Overview

Engineers and scientists often need to solve complex problems with incomplete information resources, necessitating a proper treatment of uncertainty and a reliance on expert opinions. Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis in Engineering and the Sciences prepares current and future analysts and practitioners to understand the fundamentals of knowledge a

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040078211
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/25/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Bilal M. Ayyub, George J. Klir

Table of Contents

Systems, knowledge, and ignorance. Encoding data and expressing information. Uncertainty and information synthesis. Uncertainty measures. Uncertainty-based principles and knowledge construction. Uncertainty propagation for systems. Expert opinions and elicitation methods. Visualization of uncertainty. Historical Perspectives on Knowledge.