Qualitative possibilistic influence diagrams based on qualitative possibilistic utilities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-238

  Guezguez, Wided ^a   Ben Amor, Nahla ^a   Mellouli, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Binary qualitative utilities; Decision theory; Influence diagrams; Ordinal utilities; Possibility theory

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KETONES; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BINARY QUALITATIVE UTILITIES; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTIES; EVALUATION METHODS; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NEW APPROACHES; ORDINAL UTILITIES; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POSSIBILITY THEORIES; POSSIBILITY THEORY; PREFERENTIAL RELATIONS;

BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS;

EID: 55949129137     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.01.051     Document Type: Article

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