Knowledge acquisition from multiple experts: An empirical study

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1049-1058

  O'Leary, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Intelligence; Decision Support Systems; Knowledge Acquisition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

BAYES THEOREMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032141735     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.8.1049     Document Type: Article

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