Possibility Theory and the Risk

• Main Author: Georgescu, Irina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 274
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Probabilities.; Computational intelligence.; Macroeconomics.; Computational Intelligence.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

The book deals with some of the fundamental issues of risk assessment in grid computing environments. The book describes the development of a hybrid probabilistic and possibilistic model for assessing the success of a computing task in a grid environment.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Generalities on fuzzy sets
• Possibilistic indicators
• Possibilistic risk aversion
• Expected utility operators and possibilistic risk aversion
• Multidimensional possibilistic risk aversion
• Risk aversion with mixed parameters
• Credibility theory
• Concluding remarks.