Understanding problem structuring methods interventions

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2009.01.066zbMath1176.90329OpenAlexW1988510158MaRDI QIDQ1042240

Leroy White

Publication date: 7 December 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.01.066

zbMATH Keywords

interventionsproblem structuring methodsactor-network theoryconstructionist approachesnarrative analysissociology of scientific knowledge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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