Real and misconceived limitations to decision based design with utility analysis

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-182

  Thurston, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0001311694     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1363610     Document Type: Article

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