Scripts for group model building

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-129

  Andersen, David F ^a,b,c   Richardson, George P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0000004295     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199722)13:2<107::aid-sdr120>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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