On the fallacy of averages in project risk management

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2004.04.003zbMath1066.90530MaRDI QIDQ1772835

Salah E. Elmaghraby

Publication date: 21 April 2005

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.04.003

zbMATH Keywords

Resource allocation; Project planning; Stochastic work content

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

91B70: Stochastic models in economics

91B32: Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.)

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