Avoiding common pitfalls in decision support frameworks for department of defense analyses

Military Operations Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Dillon Merrill, Robin L ^a   Parnell, Gregory S ^b   Buckshaw, Donald L ^c   Hensley Jr , William R ^d   Caswell, David J ^e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Innovative Decisions Inc   (United States)

^d Kenjya Group Inc   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

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EID: 77149145811     PISSN: 02755823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5711/morj.13.2.19     Document Type: Article

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