Impact of errors in operational spreadsheets

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-132

  Powell, Stephen G ^a   Baker, Kenneth R ^a   Lawson, Barry ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; End user computing; Error classification; Spreadsheets

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT; END-USER COMPUTING; ERROR CLASSIFICATION; POTENTIAL ERRORS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SPREADSHEETS;

ERRORS;

EID: 64949159684     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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