An alternative for robust estimation in project management

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2012.01.058zbMath1253.90122OpenAlexW2056819214MaRDI QIDQ1926759

Catalina B. García García, M. M. López Martín, José García Pérez, Miguel Angel Sánchez-Granero

Publication date: 29 December 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.01.058

zbMATH Keywords

distributionsimulationproject managementuncertainty modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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