Selecting attributes to measure the achievement of objectives

Operations Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Keeney, Ralph L ^a   Gregory, Robin S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis: multiple criteria; Organizational studies: effectiveness performance; Utility preference: multiattribute

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; MULTIATTRIBUTE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PREFERENCE; UTILITY;

COSTS; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 14644422604     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1040.0158     Document Type: Article

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