Creativity, design and style in MS/OR

Omega

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-312

  Keys, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Design; Process of MS OR; Style

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; PROCESS OF MS/OR; STYLE; UNIFIED APPROACH;

DESIGN;

EID: 0034195745     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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