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Behavioural decision theory for multi-criteria decision analysis: a guided tour

A MortonLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceLondonUKCorrespondence[email protected]
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B FasoloLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceLondonUK
Pages 268-275 | Received 01 Jun 2007, Accepted 01 Oct 2007, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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