Uncertainty about probability: A reconciliation with the subjectivist viewpoint

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-310

  Mosleh, Ali ^a   Bier, Vicki M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

COGNITIVE IMPRECISION; SUBJECTIVE THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0030150628     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.487956     Document Type: Review

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