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The Engineering Economist
A Journal Devoted to the Problems of Capital Investment
Volume 37, 1992 - Issue 2
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The Evaluation of Wood-Fired Cogeneration Investments Using Monte-Carlo Simulation

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Pages 115-136 | Published online: 23 Oct 2007

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