A methodology for analyzing decision networks, based on information theory

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 853-863

  Ehsani, Maryam ^a   Makui, Ahmad ^a   Sadi Nezhad, Soheil ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distributed decision network; Informational complexity of decision network; Shannon entropy; U uncertainty in possibility theory

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; DECISION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTED DECISION; DISTRIBUTED DECISION NETWORK; GROUPING ALGORITHM; INFORMATION DISTRIBUTIONS; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF DECISION NETWORK; NETWORK EFFICIENCY; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES; POSSIBILITY THEORY; SHANNON ENTROPY; STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT; U UNCERTAINTY IN POSSIBILITY THEORY;

ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 70350746338     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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