Evaluation of risks in complex problems

Making Essential Choices with Scant Information: Front-End Decision Making in Major Projects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 230-256

  Parnell, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230236837     Document Type: Chapter

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