Action-researching MCDA interventions

49th Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society 2007, OR49

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 106-123

  Montibeller, Gilberto ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Case study; Decision analysis; MCDA

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; MCDA; MCDA METHODS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; RESEARCH STRATEGY;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84887773057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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