Numerical patent analysis with the fuzzy pay-off method: Valuing a compound real option

Proceedings - 2011 4th International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering, BIFE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 405-409

  Collan, Mikael ^a   Fullér, Robert ^b   Wang, Xiaolu ^b   Mezei, József ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Patent valuation; Real options; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

CASH FLOW; DECISION SUPPORTS; FUZZY NUMBERS; INPUT DATAS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT APPLICATIONS; REAL OPTIONS; SCENARIOS; TWO STAGE; VALUATION MODEL;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84862916673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIFE.2011.86     Document Type: Conference Paper

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