Multicriteria estimation of probabilities on basis of expert non-numeric, non-exact and non-complete knowledge

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 857-863

  Hovanov, Nikolai ^a   Yudaeva, Maria ^a   Hovanov, Kirill ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Multiple criteria analysis; Non numeric information (knowledge); Random probabilities and weights; Randomization of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN MODELS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INVESTMENT FIRMS; MULTICRITERIA; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NON-NUMERIC INFORMATION (KNOWLEDGE); RANDOM PROBABILITIES AND WEIGHTS; RANDOMIZATION OF UNCERTAINTY;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 56349096902     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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