Keynote lecture: Multi-attribute utility theory and FN-criteria

Advances in Safety and Reliability - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-166

  Bedford, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EXPECTED VALUES; F-N CURVES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; RISK ATTITUDE; UTILITY THEORY;

GROUP THEORY; RELIABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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