Fifty years of probabilistic decision analysis: A view from the UK

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Morton, A ^a,b   Phillips, L D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; History of OR; Probability; Risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS;

BRITAIN; HISTORY OF OR; PROBABILISTIC DECISIONS; UNIVERSITY OF LONDON;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 64749101547     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.175     Document Type: Article

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