The generalised interval estimations in decision making under uncertainty

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-321

  Chugunov, Nikita ^a   Shepelyov, Gennady ^a,b   Sternin, Michael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Decision support tools; Decision maker; Expert knowledge; Generalised interval estimations; Generalised probability box; GIE; PIE; Polyinterval estimation; Probabilistic methods; Probability bounds; Quantitative models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; GENERALIZED INTERVAL ESTIMATIONS; GENERALIZED PROBABILITY BOX; POLYINTERVAL ESTIMATION; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILITY BOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 41149112576     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2008.017666     Document Type: Article

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