Decision Problem Structuring: Generating Options

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 715-728

  Keller, L Robin ^a   Ho, Joanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE, DIGITAL--ASSOCIATIVE; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS--COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ASSOCIATIVE NETWORK STRUCTURE; DECISION PROBLEM STRUCTURING; JUDGMENTAL HEURISTICS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; OPTION GENERATING PROCEDURES;

DECISION THEORY AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0024079032     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/21.21599     Document Type: Article

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