Stopping rule use during information search in design problems

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-224

  Browne, Glenn J ^a   Pitts, Mitzi G ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making processes; Design problems; Information search; Requirements determination; Stopping rules; Systems development

Indexed keywords

EID: 8144227203     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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