Info-Gap economics: An operational introduction

Info-Gap Economics: An Operational Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-245

  Ben Haim, Yakov ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 85015069347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230277328     Document Type: Book

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