Decision making with belief structures: An application in risk management

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Engemann, Kurt J ^a   Miller, Holmes E ^b   Yager, Ronald R ^c  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141487505     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488596000020     Document Type: Article

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