Ethics in OR/MS: Past, present and future

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-110

  Brans, Jean Pierre ^a   Gallo, Giorgio ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethics; Social implications of operations research practice; Societal problem analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250174582     PISSN: 16194500     EISSN: 16142411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10288-004-0039-5     Document Type: Article

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