Audit decisions using belief functions: A review

Control and Cybernetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Srivastava, Rajendra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit decision; Belief functions; Evidence aggregation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544389400     PISSN: 03248569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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