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Evaluating the reliability of efficient energy technology portfolios 评估高效能源技术组合的可靠性

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0077-4

Ilka Deluque , Ekundayo Shittu , Jonathan Deason

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引用次数: 14

Data-driven multiobjective decision-making in cash management 数据驱动的现金管理多目标决策

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-017-0075-y

Francisco Salas-Molina , Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar

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引用次数: 5

Query-based learning of acyclic conditional preference networks from contradictory preferences 基于查询的基于矛盾偏好的无循环条件偏好网络学习

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-017-0070-3

Fabien Labernia , Florian Yger , Brice Mayag , Jamal Atif

引用次数: 5

Financial decision support: an overview of developments and recent trends 财务决策支持:发展概况和最新趋势

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0078-3

Constantin Zopounidis , Michalis Doumpos , Dimitrios Niklis

引用次数: 13

More-or-less elicitation (MOLE): reducing bias in range estimation and forecasting 多或少启发(MOLE):减少距离估计和预测中的偏差

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0084-5

Matthew B. Welsh , Steve H. Begg

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引用次数: 4

Editorial to a feature issue on advances in behavioural research on supported decision processes 关于支持决策过程的行为研究进展的专题社论

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0083-6

Gilberto Montibeller , Jyrki Wallenius

引用次数: 1

“Financial decision support”: feature issue editorial “财务决策支持”:特刊社论

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0080-9

Constantin Zopounidis , Dimitrios Niklis , Michalis Doumpos

引用次数: 1

Valuation of an R&D project with three types of uncertainty 具有三种不确定性的研发项目评估

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-018-0076-5

Michi Nishihara

引用次数: 3

Predicting in shock: on the impact of negative, extreme, rare, and short lived events on judgmental forecasts 冲击预测:负面、极端、罕见和短期事件对判断性预测的影响

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-017-0063-2

Ian Durbach , Gilberto Montibeller

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引用次数: 6

Contemplation vs. intuition: a reinforcement learning perspective 沉思vs.直觉:强化学习视角

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EURO Journal on Decision Processes Pub Date : 2017-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40070-017-0068-x

In-Koo Cho , Anna Rubinchik

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引用次数: 2