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Uncertain variable is a fundamental concept in uncertainty theory. It is used to represent quantities with uncertainty. The emphasis in this chapter is mainly on uncertain variable, uncertainty distribution, independence, operational law, expected value, variance, moments, entropy, distance, conditional uncertainty distribution, uncertain sequence, and uncertain vector.
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Liu, B. (2015). Uncertain Variable. In: Uncertainty Theory. Springer Uncertainty Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44354-5_3
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