Validity of decision support systems: Towards a validation methodology

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Finlay, Paul N ^a   Wilson, John M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138876     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199705/06)14:3<169::AID-SRES112>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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