Noisy information value in utility-based decision making

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Utility-Based Data Mining, UBDM '05

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 34-38

  Morrison, Clayton T ^a   Cohen, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision theory; economic utility; intelligence analysis; noise; uncertainty; value of information

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION GATHERING; INFORMATION VALUE; INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; NOISE; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77953575864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089827.1089831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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