Ignorance is not probability: Commentary

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-376

  Huber, William A ^a  

^a Quantitative Decisions   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Interval analysis; Subjective probability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION-THEORETIC; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; NON-PROBABILISTIC; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY;

DECISION THEORY; GAME THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77949362050     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01361.x     Document Type: Review

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