On the Uses of Expert Judgment on Complex Technical Problems

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 83-86

  Keeney, Ralph L ^a   Von Winterfeldt, Detlof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT JUDGMENTS; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS;

ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY;

DECISION THEORY AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952888019     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.18821     Document Type: Article

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