Discontinuity in decision-making when objectives conflict: A military command decision case study

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 643-654

  Dodd, L ^a,d   Moffat, J ^b   Smith, J ^c  

^a Intelligence Systems   (United Kingdom)

^b PCS Department   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Defence studies; Gaming; Military; Multi objective; Risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEFENCE STUDIES; GAMING; MILITARY; MULTI-OBJECTIVE;

MILITARY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745805235     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602051     Document Type: Article

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