Management of uncertainty in Statistical Reasoning: The case of Regression Analysis

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-305

  Coppi, Renato ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analysis; Information processing; Informational Paradigm; Regression Analysis; Statistical Reasoning; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INFORMATIONAL PARADIGM; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349025453     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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