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The problems that arise in businesses and institutions are currently immersed in a clear context of uncertainty. The solution to these problems is forever getting more difficult, if we are committed to the use of formal treatment valid for the sphere of certainty and in situations in which the required conditions are complied with for the use of probabilistic elements.

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Gil-Aluja, J. (2001). Management problems in uncertainty. In: Gil-Aluja, J. (eds) Handbook of Management under Uncertainty. Applied Optimization, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0285-8_2

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