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Whereas aleatory uncertainty is always described by probability distributions, epistemic uncertainty may be represented in different ways (e.g., probabilistic or possibilistic), depending on the information and data available.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The work presented in this paper addresses the issue of accounting for (in)dependence relationships between epistemically-uncertain parameters. When a probabilistic representation of epistemic uncertainty is considered, uncertainty propagation is carried out by a two-dimensional (or double) Monte Carlo (MC) simulation approach; instead, when possibility distributions are used, two approaches are undertaken: the hybrid MC and Fuzzy Interval Analysis (FIA) method and the MC-based Dempster-Shafer (DS) approach employing Independent Random Sets (IRSs). The objectives are: i) studying the effects of (in)dependence between the epistemically-uncertain parameters of the aleatory probability distributions (when a probabilistic\/possibilistic representation of epistemic uncertainty is adopted) and ii) studying the effect of the probabilistic\/possibilistic representation of epistemic uncertainty (when the state of dependence between the epistemic parameters is defined).<\/jats:p><jats:p>The Dependency Bound Convolution (DBC) approach is then undertaken within a hierarchical setting of hybrid (probabilistic and possibilistic) uncertainty propagation, in order to account for all kinds of (possibly unknown) dependences between the random variables.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The analyses are carried out with reference to two toy examples, built in such a way to allow performing a fair quantitative comparison between the methods, and evaluating their rationale and appropriateness in relation to risk analysis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1142\/s0218488512500250","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,8,2]],"date-time":"2012-08-02T05:56:44Z","timestamp":1343887004000},"page":"509-557","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["EMPIRICAL COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR THE HIERARCHICAL PROPAGATION OF HYBRID UNCERTAINTY IN RISK ASSESSMENT, IN PRESENCE OF DEPENDENCES"],"prefix":"10.1142","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"NICOLA","family":"PEDRONI","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio, 34\/3, Milano, 20133, Italy"}]},{"given":"ENRICO","family":"ZIO","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair of System Science and the Energetic Challenge-Electricit\u00e8 de France, Ecole Centrale Paris and Supelec Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295, Chatenay Malabry-Cedex, France"}]}],"member":"219","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"rf3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.2255906"},{"key":"rf4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ress.2004.03.001"},{"key":"rf5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ress.2010.01.005"},{"key":"rf7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0143-8174(81)90019-6"},{"key":"rf8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0114(98)00288-7"},{"key":"rf10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1539-6924.2009.01314.x"},{"key":"rf11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ress.2010.11.004"},{"key":"rf12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ress.2010.05.006"},{"key":"rf13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ress.2010.06.001"},{"key":"rf14","author":"Ferson S.","journal-title":"Risk Analysis"},{"key":"rf15","volume-title":"Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic: Theory and Applications","author":"Klir G. 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