On quantification of different facets of uncertainty

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-91

  Pal, Nikhil R ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Conflict; Entropy; Fuzziness; Nonspecificity; Randomness; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001900347     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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