Effective analysis and planning of R&D stages: A simulation approach

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 351-358

  Badri, Masood A ^a   Mortagy, Amr ^b   Davis, Donna ^c   Davis, Donald ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Network modeling; Planning; R D; Scheduling; Simulation; SLAMSYSTEM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

NETWORK MODELS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 0031542976     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(97)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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