A Dempster-Shafer theory based exposition of probabilistic reasoning in consumer choice

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

Volumn 258, Issue , 2010, Pages 365-387

  Beynon, Malcolm J ^a   Moutinho, Luiz ^b   Veloutsou, Cleopatra ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77958178592     PISSN: 14349922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15606-9_21     Document Type: Article

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