Ethics in operations research and sustainable development

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-444

  Brans, Jean Pierre ^a   Kunsch, Pierre L ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Ethics; Multi criteria analysis; OR modelling; Sustainable development; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867780508     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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