Decision analysis in Management Science

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 561-574

  Smith, James E ^a   Von Winterfeldt, Detlof ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Game theory; Probability assessment; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT; UTILITY THEORY;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 2942596077     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0243     Document Type: Review

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