Incorporating uncertainty in optimal investment decisions

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 273-283

  Rentizelas, Athanasios ^a   Tziralis, Georgios ^a   Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

GA; Genetic algorithms; Investment appraisal; MCS; Monte Carlo simulation; Project management; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848848718     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wremsd.2007.014046     Document Type: Article

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