Robustness analysis for sustainable community development

A A Namen, C T Bornstein and J Rosenhead ()
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A A Namen: COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
C T Bornstein: COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
J Rosenhead: London School of Economics

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2009, vol. 60, issue 5, 587-597

Abstract: Abstract This paper presents some alternatives for the improvement of the conditions of life for poor communities based on self-management and sustainability in food production. A complex decision process is necessarily involved, and a soft OR approach, more specifically, robustness analysis, is used in its analysis. Some new features of the approach arise, not least from its community operational research context. A software called Robus has been developed which helps in the application of the methodology.

Keywords: community OR; robustness analysis; sustainable development; developing countries; decision support systems; agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602585

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