Decision-Making in a Fuzzy Environment

DOI10.1287/mnsc.17.4.B141zbMath0224.90032WikidataQ100638709 ScholiaQ100638709MaRDI QIDQ5630817

Lotfi A. Zadeh, Richard Bellman

Publication date: 1970

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

90C70: Fuzzy and other nonstochastic uncertainty mathematical programming

90C39: Dynamic programming

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