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uncertainty
Also known as doubtfulness
thumb|Situations often arise wherein a decision must be made when the results of each possible choice are uncertain.
Research
173,686 papers- Uncertainty quantification implementations in human hemodynamic flows.Computer methods and programs in biomedicine · 2021
- The communication of uncertainty in health: A scoping review.Patient education and counseling · 2021
- Ethics of uncertainty.Patient education and counseling · 2021
- Uncertainty undermines the validity of antimicrobial pharmacodynamics.Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics · 2026
- Visualizing uncertainty about the future.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2011
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17 sectionsContents
- Concepts
- Uncertainty
- Measurement
- Second-order uncertainty
- Risk
- Risk versus variability
- Knightian uncertainty
- Risk and uncertainty
- Radical uncertainty
- In the media
- Applications
- Philosophy
- Artificial intelligence
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- References
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thumb|Situations often arise wherein a decision must be made when the results of each possible choice are uncertain.
Uncertainty or incertitude refers to situations involving imperfect or unknown information. It applies to predictions of future events, to physical measurements that are already made, or to the unknown, and is particularly relevant for decision-making. Uncertainty arises in partially observable or stochastic or complex or dynamic environments, as well as due to ignorance, indolence, or both. It arises in any number of fields, including insurance, philosophy, physics, statistics, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, medicine, psychology, sociology, engineering, metrology, meteorology, ecology and information science.