Decisions made on scant information: Overview

Making Essential Choices with Scant Information: Front-End Decision Making in Major Projects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-17

  Williams, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009233024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230236837     Document Type: Chapter

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