Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 817137, 16 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/817137
Research Article

Fuzzy Real Options in Brownfield Redevelopment Evaluation

Qian Wang,1 Keith W. Hipel,1 and D. Marc Kilgour2

1Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
2Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada

Received 22 December 2008; Accepted 22 March 2009

Academic Editor: Lean Yu

Copyright © 2009 Qian Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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