Cost-volume-profit analysis under uncertainty: A model with fuzzy estimators based on confidence intervals

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5977-5999

  Chrysafis, Konstantinos A ^a   Papadopoulos, Basil K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost estimating; Financial management; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy methods; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BREAK-EVEN POINT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY ESTIMATORS; FUZZY FUNCTION; FUZZY METHODS; FUZZY NUMBERS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCTION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL DATAS; TOTAL COSTS; TWO-PRODUCT; VARIABLE COSTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROFITABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449567512     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802112660     Document Type: Article

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