Assessing uncertain benefits: A valuation approach for strategic changeability (VASC)

22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2012 and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012, EuSEC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1238-1255

  Fitzgerald, Matthew E ^a   Ross, Adam M ^a   Rhodes, Donna H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MECHANISMS; COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL SPACES; DESIGN PROCESS; TIME INDEPENDENTS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883546853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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