Dynamic decision problem structuring

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 129-141

  Corner, James ^a   Buchanan, John ^a   Henig, Mordecai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Descriptive decision making; Multi criteria; Problem structuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542370323     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.295     Document Type: Article

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