Risk attributes theory: Decision making under risk

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-260

  He, Ying ^a   Huang, Rui Hua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Multi attribute utility; Risk analysis; Risk attributes

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; RISK ATTRIBUTES; RISK PREFERENCE;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35349031030     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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