Policy analysis: A systematic approach to supporting policymaking in the public sector

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 11-27

  Walker, Warren E ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decisionmaking; Government; Planning; Policymaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744377271     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1360(200001/05)9:1/3<11::AID-MCDA264>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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