Analysis of the characteristics of projects in diverse industries

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-61

  Tukel, Oya Icmeli ^a   Rom, Walter O ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RESOURCE CONSTRAINED PROJECT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031639845     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(97)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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