articleCentral European Journal of Operations ResearchMay 24, 2017HYBRID OA

A framework for sensitivity analysis of decision trees

SGH Warsaw School of Economics

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Abstract

In the paper, we consider sequential decision problems with uncertainty, represented as decision trees. Sensitivity analysis is always a crucial element of decision making and in decision trees it often focuses on probabilities. In the stochastic model considered, the user often has only limited information about the true values of probabilities. We develop a framework for performing sensitivity analysis of optimal strategies accounting for this distributional uncertainty. We design this robust optimization approach in an intuitive and not overly technical way, to make it simple to apply in daily managerial practice. The proposed framework allows for (1) analysis of the stability of the…

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  • Computer science
  • Sensitivity (control systems)
  • Decision tree
  • Stability (learning theory)
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Decision analysis
  • Identification (biology)
  • Tree (set theory)
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