Professional decisions: Responsibilities

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-190

  Elms, David G ^a   Brown, Colin B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; decisions; responsibility; stakeholders; surprise; systems; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISIONS; RESPONSIBILITY; STAKEHOLDERS; SURPRISE; UNCERTAINTY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866842904     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2011.638058     Document Type: Article

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