Decision analysis under ambiguity

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 823-836

  Borgonovo, Emanuele ^a   Marinacci, Massimo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity theory; Certainty equivalents; Decision analysis; Decision trees

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AMBIGUITY ATTITUDE; AMBIGUITY AVERSION; AMBIGUITY THEORY; CERTAINTY EQUIVALENT; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; QUADRATIC APPROXIMATION; SUBJECTIVE EXPECTED UTILITY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84926408325     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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