The impact of DSS use and information load on errors and decision quality

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 468-481

  Williams, Michael L ^a   Dennis, Alan R ^b   Stam, Antonie ^c   Aronson, Jay E ^d  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision quality; Decision support systems; Multicriteria decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION QUALITY; EXPERT CHOICE (EC); MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748959169     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.06.064     Document Type: Article

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