Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Understanding Uncertainty -- 1.1. Uncertainty and reality -- 1.1.1. Awareness of uncertainty -- 1.1.2. Territories of uncertainty -- 1.1.3. Conclusion -- 1.2. Robustness and reliability -- 1.2.1. Robustness -- 1.2.2. Reliability -- 1.2.3. Relationship between robustness and reliability -- 1.2.4. Optimizing robustness and reliability -- 1.2.5. Conclusion -- 1.3. Designing for robust production -- 1.3.1. Robustness and lifecycles -- 1.3.2. Description of the V cycle -- 1.3.3. Uncertainty in the V cycle -- 1.3.4. Uncertainty linked to a step in the V cycle -- 1.3.5. Robustness and uncertainty -- 1.3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Modeling Uncertainty -- 2.1. Random uncertainty -- 2.1.1. Modeling uncertainty -- 2.1.2. Exploration of Mediocristan -- 2.1.3. From statistics to probabilities -- 2.1.4. Polynomial chaos -- 2.1.5. Exploration of Extremistan -- 2.1.6. Conclusion -- 2.2. Uncertainty in behavior models -- 2.2.1. Uncertainty and input data -- 2.2.2. Uncertainty in behavior models -- 2.3. Uncertainty propagation -- 2.3.1. The problem of uncertainty propagation -- 2.3.2. Analyzing sensitivity to uncertainty -- 2.3.3. Reliability analysis - classification methods -- 2.3.4. Model reductions -- 2.3.5. Quantifying uncertainty -- 2.3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Decision Support under Uncertainty -- 3.1. Decision support in design -- 3.1.1. Decision support -- 3.1.2. Modeling decision support -- 3.1.3. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) -- 3.1.4. Conclusion -- 3.2. Summary and conclusion -- 3.2.1. Three perspectives -- 3.2.2. Challenges in engineering science -- 3.2.3. Industrial issues -- Bibliography -- Index.