Decision theory with imprecise probabilities

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-306

  Aliev, R A ^a   Pedrycz, W ^b,c   Huseynov, O H ^a  

^a AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL AND INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Choquet integral; Decision theory; fuzzy measure; fuzzy utility function; imprecise probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862088403     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622012400032     Document Type: Article

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