A taxing problem: the complementary use of hard and soft OR in the public sector

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2004.10.016zbMATH Open1168.91499OpenAlexW2069639880MaRDI QIDQ2490183FDOQ2490183

Authors: Joyce Brown, Ceri Cooper, Michael Pidd 

Publication date: 28 April 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.10.016

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zbMATH Keywords

SSMGovernmentSystemsData MiningSoft OR

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence (68T05) Mathematical economics (91B99)

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