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Technical Note—Allocation of Effort Resources among Competing Activities

Hanan Luss
Hanan Luss
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey
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Shiv K. Gupta
Shiv K. Gupta
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Hanan Luss

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey

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Shiv K. Gupta

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Published Online:1 Apr 1975https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.23.2.360

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