A Bayesian approach to determine the value of information in the newsboy problem

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 391-402

  Lee, Chih Ming ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Forecasting; Newsboy problems; Value of information

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; NEWSBOY PROBLEMS; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EID: 38849206336     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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