An experimental study of the effect of uncertainty representation on decision making

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 380-392

  Durbach, Ian N ^a   Stewart, Theodor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Decision support systems; Multi criteria analysis; Psychology; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE EVALUATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; EXPECTED VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNCERTAINTY MODELLING; UNCERTAINTY REPRESENTATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79959734010     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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