Future-focussed thinking: Combining scenario planning with decision analysis

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 311-321

  Wright, George ^a   Goodwin, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Future focussed thinking; Value focussed thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016854635     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1360(199911)8:6<311::AID-MCDA256>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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