A rigorous definition of robustness analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-182

  Wong, H Y ^b   Rosenhead, J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Methodology; Planning; Problem structuring; Soft OR

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROBLEM STRUCTURING; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033882408     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600868     Document Type: Article

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