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Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the impact of citrus tristeza virus (CTV) on the commercial value of fruit produced by navel orange trees. Design/methodology/approach – Data are counts of fruit of various sizes and quality harvested from a tree in a year. The counted fruit are...

This paper describes a methodology based on decision analysis for addressing major program decisions in the development of magnetic fusion energy. The development of this complex technology involves a sequence of funding choices over time among multiple technical approaches and under...