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Interval Methods in Non-Destructive Testing of Material Structures

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In many practical situations, e.g., in aerospace applications and in mammography, it is important to test the structural integrity of material structures. We show that interval methods can help.

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Worden, K., Osegueda, R., Ferregut, C. et al. Interval Methods in Non-Destructive Testing of Material Structures. Reliable Computing 7, 341–352 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011415408313

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