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Bicriterion Decision Making Under Uncertainty: An Interactive Approach, Gary Klein, Herbert Moskowitz, A. Ravindran Jan 1986

Bicriterion Decision Making Under Uncertainty: An Interactive Approach, Gary Klein, Herbert Moskowitz, A. Ravindran

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Theory of mutual efficiency is defined and explored as it applies to multiple outcome, multiple criteria problems in decision-making.


Solution Strategies And Algorithm Behavior In Large-Scale Network Codes, Richard S. Barr Jan 1981

Solution Strategies And Algorithm Behavior In Large-Scale Network Codes, Richard S. Barr

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No abstract provided.


Budgeting Capital For R & D: An Application Of Option Pricing, John W. Kensinger Jan 1980

Budgeting Capital For R & D: An Application Of Option Pricing, John W. Kensinger

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This paper presents the insight that R&R investments are "natural" options, and examines the extent to which they can be valued using currently available option pricing models. The nature of the industrial research effort determines whether the appropriate model is based on a diffusion process or a jump process. The option model based on the former is sufficiently developed to satisfactorily deal with the direct benefits of R&D, while the model base on the latter presents several problems. Furthermore, indirect benefits are not captured in these models. These applications and shortcomings are examined in detail in the hope of not …