Too much of a good thing?

Operations Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 957-965

  Clyman, Dana R ^a   Walls, Michael R ^b   Dyer, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EXPECTED-UTILITY THEORY; RISK-SHARING DECISIONS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033313006     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.47.6.957     Document Type: Article

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