Uncertainty

Uncertainty is the situation which involves imperfect and / or unknown information.

Description

The term is used in a number of fields:

• Engineering
• Physics
• Statistics
• Metrology (see also Measurement)
• Information science
• Philosophy
• Insurance
• Economics
• Finance
• Psychology
• Sociology

It applies to predictions of future events, to physical measurements that are already made, or to the unknown.

Uncertainty arises in partially observable and/or stochastic environments, as well as due to ignorance and/or indolence.

See also

• Engineering
• Failure
• Game theory
• Gödel's incompleteness theorems
• Information science
• Metrology
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Risk
• Security
• Statistics

External links

• Uncertaint @ Wikipedia