On uncertain partial differential equations

Uncertain partial differential equation (UPDE) was introduced in literature. But the solution of a UPDE was not defined well. In this article, we will rigorously give a suitable concept of a UPDE and define its solution by an integral equation. Then, some examples are given to show the rationality of the definition. Uncertain heat conduction equation is presented as an application of UPDE. For those UPDEs having no analytic solutions, alpha-path method is introduced to obtain the inverse uncertainty distributions of solutions to UPDEs.