How do we know who to include in collaborative research? toward a method for the identification of experts

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-502

  Müller, Matthias Otto ^a,b   Groesser, Stefan N ^a,c   Ulli Beer, Silvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actor analysis; Collaborative research; OR in societal problem analysis; Problem structuring methods; Stakeholder analysis; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM THEORY; TERMINOLOGY;

ACTOR ANALYSIS; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; OR IN SOCIETAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS; PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84862549028     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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