System dynamics in project management: A comparative analysis with traditional methods

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-139

  Rodrigues, Alexandre ^a   Bowers, John ^a  

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EID: 0000228602     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199622)12:2<121::aid-sdr99>3.3.co;2-o     Document Type: Review

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