Farm decision making under risk and uncertainty

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-328

  Backus, G B C ^a   Eidman, V R ^b   Dijkhuizen, A A ^c  

^a Research Institute for Pig Husbandry   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Risk; Scenario; Uncertainty; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011602017     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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