A software-supported process for assembling evidence and handling uncertainty in decision-making

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-433

  Davis, John P ^a   Hall, Jim W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; Evidential reasoning; Interval Probability Theory; Process modelling; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0037408983     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(02)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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