Why good practice of OR is not enough-Ethical challenges for the OR practitioner

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1089-1099

  Rauschmayer, F ^a   Kavathatzopoulos, I ^b   Kunsch, P L ^c   Le Menestrel, M ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dilemmas; Dynamic systems; OR and ethics; Philosophy of OR; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749107901     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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