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It is argued that very often when talking about the uncertainty of a system people confuse the phenomena with the glasses (theories) which they use to observe or model the uncertain phenomenon. Some experts also claim, that there is only one valid theory or tool (f. i. probability theory) to model all kinds of uncertainty. In this paper it is suggested, that an appropriate method to mode! uncertainty can only be determined by looking at a specific context and that there might be several valid ways to model uncertainty in many situations.
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Zimmermann, HJ. (1998). A Fresh Perspective on Uncertainty Modeling: Uncertainty Vs. Uncertainty Modeling. In: Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering and Sciences: Fuzzy Logic, Statistics, and Neural Network Approach . International Series in Intelligent Technologies, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5473-8_24
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