OR/MS and environmental decision making under uncertainty

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 138, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-49

  Filar, Jerzy A ^a   Haurie, Alain B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GERAD   (Canada)

^c ORDECSYS ^*  (Switzerland)

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EID: 84955150766     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1129-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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