ISBN: 3790814512
TITLE: Belief Functions in Business Decisions
AUTHOR: Srivastava
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Preface V
Part 1. Foundations
Introduction to Belief Functions 1
R. P. Srivastava and T. J. Mock
Decision Making in a Context where Uncertainty is Represented by Belief Functions 17
P. Smets
Empirical Models for the Dempster-Shafer Theory 62
M. A. Klopotek and S. T. Wierzchon
Part 2. Systems and Auditing Applications
The Descriptive Ability of Models of Audit Risk 113
G. Monroe and J. Ng
The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Belief Based Audit Procedures 139
M. K. P. Jung and H. E. Fink
Auditors' Evaluations of Uncertain Audit Evidence: Belief Functions versus Probabilities 161
K. Harrison, R. P. Srivastava and R. D. Plumlee
Conflict, Consistency and Consonance in Belief Functions: Coherence and Integrity of Belief Systems 184
P. Gillett
Part 3. Operations Management, Finance and Economics Applications
Evaluating Mergers and Acquisitions: A Belief Function Approach 222
R. P. Srivastava and D. Datta
Possibilistic Belief Network Constructed by Operators of Composition and Its Application to Financial Analysis 252
R. Jirouek, J. Vejnarov and J. Gemela
Using Belief Functions to Forecast Demand for Mobile Satellite Services 281
P. McBurney and S. Parsons
Modeling Financial Portfolios Using Belief Functions 316
C. Shenoy and P. Shenoy
Futures Hedging under Prospect Utility and Knightian Uncertainty 333
D. Lien
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