Studying the generation of alternatives in public policy making processes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 353-363

  Ferretti, Valentina ^a,b   Pluchinotta, Irene ^c   Tsoukiàs, Alexis ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

(D) Decision processes; Decision analysis; Policy analytics; Policy design

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

DECISION AIDING; DECISION PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; POLICY DESIGN; POLICY MAKING; SOLUTION SPACE; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85054516583     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.07.054     Document Type: Article

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