Decision making: A golden rule

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-226

  Sardelis, Dimitris A ^b   Valahas, Theodores M ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033446907     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2589677     Document Type: Article

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