Wisdom, decision support and paradigms of decision making

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 156-171

  MacKenzie, Adrian ^a   Pidd, Michael ^b   Rooksby, John ^c   Sommerville, Ian ^c   Warren, Ian ^c   Westcombe, Mark ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Attivation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Decision support; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; WICKED PROBLEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 25844505006     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.041     Document Type: Article

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