Belief Functions in Business Decisions

ISBN-13: 9783790814514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 346 str.

R. P. Srivastava; T. J. Mock; Rajendra P. Srivastava

Opis

The book focuses on applications of belief functions to business decisions. Divided into three sections, this work: introduces the conceptual development of belief functions; applies belief functions to information systems and auditing; and discusses applications to mergers and acquisitions.

Spis treści

Foundations.- to Belief Functions.- Decision Making in a Context where Uncertainty is Represented by Belief Functions.- Empirical Models for the Dempster-Shafer-Theory.- Systems and Auditing Applications.- The Descriptive Ability of Models of Audit Risk.- The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Belief Based Audit Procedures.- Auditors’ Evaluations of Uncertain Audit Evidence: Belief Functions versus Probabilities.- Conflict, Consistency and Consonance in Belief Functions: Coherence and Integrity of Belief Systems.- Operations Management, Finance and Economics Applications.- Evaluating Mergers and Acquisitions: A Belief Function Approach.- Possibilistic Belief Network Constructed by Operators of Composition and its Application to Financial Analysis.- Using Belief Functions to Forecast Demand for Mobile Satellite Services.- Modeling Financial Portfolios Using Belief Functions.- Futures Hedging under Prospect Utility and Knightian Uncertainty.