The adoption of multiattribute utility theory for the evaluation of plutonium disposition options in the united states and russia

Advances in Decision Analysis: From Foundations to Applications

Volumn 9780521863681, Issue , 2007, Pages 489-513

  Butler, John C ^a   Chebeskov, Alexander N ^b   Dyer, James S ^c   Edmunds, Thomas A ^d   Jia, Jianmin ^e   Oussanov, Vladimir I ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Scientific Center of Russian Federation Institute for Physics and Power Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84900333941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511611308.025     Document Type: Chapter

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