Model uncertainty: Theory and practical implications

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

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 340-348

  Laskey, Kathryn Blackmond ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEM THEORY;

MODEL UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030151608     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.487959     Document Type: Article

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