The use of robustness analysis for planning actions in a poor Brazilian community

Pesquisa Operacional

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-280

  Namen, Anderson Amendoeira ^a   Bornstein, Cláudio Thomás ^b   Rosenhead, Jonathan ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Robustness analysis; Soft OR; Sustainable community development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649844940     PISSN: 01017438     EISSN: 16785142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-74382010000200002     Document Type: Article

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