On interactive communication and decision making

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 208-222

  Gear, Anthony E ^a   Minkes, A Leonard ^b   Read, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Portsmouth ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Decision making; Judgement; Support systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002089297     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1999.002706     Document Type: Article

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