Aleatory or epistemic? Does it matter?

Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 105 - 112
Published: Mar 1, 2009
Abstract
The sources and characters of uncertainties in engineering modeling for risk and reliability analyses are discussed. While many sources of uncertainty may exist, they are generally categorized as either aleatory or epistemic. Uncertainties are characterized as epistemic, if the modeler sees a possibility to reduce them by gathering more data or by refining models. Uncertainties are categorized as aleatory if the modeler does not foresee the...
Paper Details
Title
Aleatory or epistemic? Does it matter?
Published Date
Mar 1, 2009
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
105 - 112
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