From evidence-based policy making to policy analytics

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-38

  De Marchi, Giada ^a   Lucertini, Giulia ^a   Tsoukiàs, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision aiding; Evidence based; Policy analytics; Policy cycle; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953635018     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1578-6     Document Type: Article

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