Creativity in MS/OR: Choosing the appropriate technique

Interfaces

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 110-122

  McFadzean, Elspeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision Making Games Group Decisions; Organizational Studies; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040113085     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.29.5.110     Document Type: Article

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