A further critique of cumulative prospect theory and related approaches

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 451-465

  Nwogugu, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Complexity; Decision making; Policy; Psychology; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; DECISION MODELS; MULTIFACTOR MODELS; NEURO-BIOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33748183295     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.11.102     Document Type: Article

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