Radioactive manufacturing projects and politics: Scientist and politician normalised risk decision process

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 231-248

  Strang, Kenneth David ^a,b  

^a APPC Market Research   (United States)

^b University of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Brainstorm; Environment; Health; Medical radiology; Mixed methods; Multi criteria decision making; Procurement; Public safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959338943     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2011.040701     Document Type: Article

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