R&D concept decision analysis: Using alternate futures for sensitivity analysis

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 119-127

  Parnell, Gregory S ^a,b   Jackson, Jack A ^b   Burk, Roger C ^c   Lehmkuhl, Lee J ^d   Engelbrecht, Joseph A ^e  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^e Toffler Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate futures; Multi attribute utility theory; Multi objective decision analysis; Scenarios; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015544217     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1360(199905)8:3<119::AID-MCDA240>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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