A fuzzy logic approach for determining expected values: A project management application

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 562-569

  Shipley, Margaret F ^a   de Korvin, André ^a   Omer, Khursheed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy expected value; Fuzzy logic; Project management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TELEVISION STATIONS;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; FUZZY EXPECTATION; FUZZY EXPECTED VALUE; FUZZY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0030125352     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.61     Document Type: Article

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