Sequential valuation networks for asymmetric decision problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 286-309

  Demirer, Riza ^a   Shenoy, Prakash P ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric decision problems; Decision analysis; Influence diagrams; Sequential decision diagrams; Valuation networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASSYMETRIC DECISION PROBLEMS; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; SEQUENTIAL DECISION DIAGRAMS; VALUATION NETWORKS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 25144472302     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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