Comparison study of multi-attribute decision analytic software

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 65-80

  French, Simon ^a   Xu, Dong Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision processes and culture; Multi attribute decision analytic software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891379903     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.372     Document Type: Article

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