Multimethodology in Metaheuristics

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 873-883

  Ferreira, J Soeiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

creativity; Metaheuristics; Multimethodology; soft OR; strategic choice approach; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

CREATIVITY; META HEURISTICS; MULTIMETHODOLOGY; SOFT OR; STRATEGIC CHOICE; SWOT ANALYSIS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84877139350     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2012.88     Document Type: Article

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