A comparative evaluation of belief revision models in auditing

Auditing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-127

  Krishnamoorthy, Ganesh ^a   Mock, Theodore J ^a   Washington, Mary T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Belief functions theory; Belief adjustment model; Cascaded inference theory; Evidence evaluation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039622957     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.1999.18.2.105     Document Type: Article

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