Value of information analysis: The state of application

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-23

  Keisler, Jeffrey M ^a   Collier, Zachary A ^b   Chu, Eric ^c   Sinatra, Nina ^d   Linkov, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information cost; Literature review; Loss avoidance; Value of information

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LOCATION THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897584772     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-013-9439-4     Document Type: Review

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