Valuation-based systems for decision analysis using belief functions

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-184

  Xu, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian probability theory; Decision analysis; Theory of belief functions; Uncertain reasoning; Valuation based systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; VALUATION BASED SYSTEMS (VBS);

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0031170194     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(96)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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