Tools for Decision Making under Uncertainty

0369771 - ÚTIA 2013 RIV CZ eng K - Conference Paper (Czech conference)
Sečkárová, Vladimíra
Tools for Decision Making under Uncertainty.
WDS'11 Proceedings of Contributed Papers: Part I – Mathematics and Computer Sciences. Prague: MATFYZPRESS, 2011, s. 19-24. ISBN 978-80-7378-184-2.
[20th Annual Conference of Doctoral Students - WDS 2011. Prague (CZ), 31.05.2011-03.06.2011]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 1M0572; GA ČR GA102/08/0567
Grant - others:UK SVV(CZ) 261315/2011
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10750506
Keywords : decision making under uncertainty * information fusion
Subject RIV: BD - Theory of Information
http://library.utia.cas.cz/separaty/2012/AS/seckarova-tools for decision making under uncertainty.pdf

In this paper we focus on two often considered distinct aims, namely maximizing of an utility function (e.g. an investment profit) and getting a more reliable global description of considered situation based on observed data (e.g. the final outcome of databases merging). In both cases we face the problem, that the data are unreliable, since they contain uncertainty caused by their source (i.e. human being). If we are looking for the optimum of the former aim, a game theory reformulation of the decision making task brings a smoother way to reach it. If the latter aim is considered, a merging procedure (also called fusion) processing the data should help us. This paper describes four recently developed methods dealing with decision making under uncertainty in two considered directions and one tool used for comparison of the fusion algorithms.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0203762