Real options and real engineering projects

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Eschenbach, Ted ^a   Lewis, Neal ^b   Henrie, Morgan ^c   Baker, Elisha ^d   Hartman, Joseph C ^e  

^a TGE Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^c MHC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Engineering economy; Real options; Risk analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING ECONOMY; REAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS; REAL OPTIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38949166316     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2007.11431744     Document Type: Article

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