Decision making under incomplete data using the imprecise Dirichlet model

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-338

  Utkin, L V ^a   Augustin, Th ^b  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Coarse data; Decision making; E admissibility; Imprecise Dirichlet model (IDM); Imprecise probabilities; Incomplete data; Interval probability; Interval statistical models; Missing or set valued statistical data

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; COARSE DATA; DIRICHLET MODEL; E-ADMISSIBILITY; IMPRECISE DIRICHLET MODEL (IDM); IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; INCOMPLETE DATA; INTERVAL PROBABILITY; INTERVAL STATISTICAL MODELS; MISSING OR SET-VALUED STATISTICAL DATA;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33846408374     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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