How to make decisions in an uncertain world: Heuristics, biases, and risk perception

World Futures: Journal of General Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Maldonato, Mauro ^a   Dellorco, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biases; Cognitive illusions; Decision making; Heuristics; Risk perception; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860869335     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2011.615591     Document Type: Article

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