On the importance of behavioral operational research: the case of understanding and communicating about dynamic systems

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2013.02.001zbMath1317.90143OpenAlexW2046566638MaRDI QIDQ2355113

Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Jukka Luoma, Esa Saarinen

Publication date: 28 July 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.02.001

zbMATH Keywords

systems thinking practice of OR behavioral OR process of OR systems dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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