Incorporating end-user’s attitudes towards uncertainty into an expert system

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 493-500

  Tian, Yun Qi ^a   Thurston, D L ^a   Carnahan, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION THEORY; ESTIMATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RISKS; SPREADSHEETS; USER INTERFACES;

COST ESTIMATION; DESIGN PROCESS; EXPERT DESIGNERS; MULTIATTRIBUTE DESIGN EVALUATION; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; UNCERTAINTY;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028448847     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2919406     Document Type: Article

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