Introduction of contagious animal diseases into the Netherlands: Elicitation of expert opinions

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-264

  Horst, H S ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a   De Leeuw, P W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Contagious animal diseases; Expert knowledge; Simulation modelling; Subjective information; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001677024     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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