Group structured reasoning for coalescing group decisions

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-105

  Yearwood, John ^a   Stranieri, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Decision support; Generic arguments; Practical reasoning; Structured reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952746051     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-009-9162-1     Document Type: Article

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