Selecting project portfolios by optimizing simulations

Engineering Economist

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-97

  Better, Marco ^a,b,c   Glover, Fred ^{b,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OptTek Systems

^d OptTek Systems Inc   (United States)

^e AAAS   (United States)

^f NATO Division of Scientific Affairs

^g Institute of Management Science

^h Operational Research   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^j US Defense Communications Agency   (United States)

^k Energy Research Institute

^l Decision Sciences Institute ^*  (United States)

^m Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; PROJECT PORTFOLIOS; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SET THEORY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744948746     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910600695593     Document Type: Article

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