| Article ID: | iaor20041395 |
| Country: | Cuba |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 173 |
| End Page Number: | 188 |
| Publication Date: | May 2003 |
| Journal: | Revista de Investigacin Operacional |
| Authors: | Vidal Ren Victor Valqui, Srensen Lene |
| Keywords: | decision: studies, soft systems |
This paper is an inquiry into the nature and characteristics of the so-called soft approaches. As point of departure, two classical references on soft approaches are critically discussed. Six well-known soft approaches are selected for further study and characterisation applying a multi-dimensional framework. In addition, the limitations of such a framework are discussed.