Iterated random selection as intermediate between risk and uncertainty

ISIPTA 2009 - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-9

  Costa, Horacio Arló ^a   Helzner, Jeffrey ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decisions from description; Decisions from experience; Random selection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHOICE BEHAVIORS; DECISIONS FROM DESCRIPTION; DECISIONS FROM EXPERIENCE; DOUBLE SAMPLING; INFORMATION SOURCES; RANDOM SELECTION; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY;

PROBABILITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84883255830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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