Efficiency of influence diagram models with continuous decision variables

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-266

  Cobb, Barry R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Complexity; Continuous variable; Decision analysis; Decision variable; Efficiency; Graphical model; Influence diagram; Mixtures of truncated exponentials; Probability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPLEXITY; CONTINUOUS VARIABLE; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION VARIABLE; GRAPHICAL MODEL; INFLUENCE DIAGRAM; MIXTURES OF TRUNCATED EXPONENTIALS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 70350566069     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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