A fuzzy real option valuation approach to capital budgeting under uncertainty environment

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 695-713

  Wang, Shin Yun ^a   Lee, Cheng Few ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; fuzzy numbers; fuzzy real option valuation; real option; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956154984     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622010004056     Document Type: Article

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