What Is a Decision Problem? Designing Alternatives

Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1-15

  Colorni, Alberto ^a   Tsoukiàs, Alexis ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 85085023464     PISSN: 23660023     EISSN: 23660031     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90599-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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