Team coordination in decision support projects

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 70-85

  Mentzas, Gregory N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coordination; Decision support systems; Decision making; Organisational environment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

METALEVEL KNOWLEDGE; MODELBASED REASONING; MULTI-USER WORKFLOW PROCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TEAM COORDINATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0042128686     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00227-4     Document Type: Article

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