Soft or in China: A critical report

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 427-434

  Li, Ya ^a   Zhu, Zhichang ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China reform; Historical institutional analysis; OR in societal problem analysis; Soft OR; Value complexity

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

CHINA REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; OR IN SOCIETAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS; SOFT OR; VALUE COMPLEXITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84884595399     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.035     Document Type: Article

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