A Belief Function Approach to Information Utilization in Decision Making.

Kleyle, R.; de Korvin, A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Belief Function Approach to Information Utilization in Decision Making.

Kleyle, R.; de Korvin, A.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v41 n8 p569-80 Dec 1990

Presents a formal method for making important one-shot decisions based on an elimination process which uses sequentially acquired information and is based on a conditional belief structure. The routine updating of the structure as information accumulates is based on Dempster's rule of combination. (15 references) (EAM)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Beliefs, Decision Making, Information Utilization, Mathematical Models, Probability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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