Multi-actor systems and ethics

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-520

  Pruyt, Erik ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex issues; Ethics; Multi actor systems; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858017615     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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