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Note—Removing a Self-Imposed Restriction in Modelling Hierarchical Decision Processes

Timothy W. Ruefli, James Storbeck

Management Science · 1984 · Volume 30 · Issue 3

DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.30.3.389

Abstract

Models of decision-making in multi-level, hierarchical systems in the literature have been restricted to structures where the system is strictly pyramidal in nature. We will show that this restriction has been self-imposed and that existing models can be modified to represent a wide range of nonpyramidal structures.

Keywords

hierarchical models, nonpyramidal systems, decentralization

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