Application of a Technique for Research and Development Program Evaluation

DOI10.1287/opre.7.5.646zbMath1255.90070OpenAlexW2077913849WikidataQ54271973 ScholiaQ54271973MaRDI QIDQ4903793

Donald G. Malcolm, W. Fazar, Charles E. Clark, J. H. Roseboom

Publication date: 26 January 2013

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.7.5.646

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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