Bathtub dynamics: Initial results of a systems thinking inventory

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-286

  Sweeney, Linda Booth ^a   Sterman, John D ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000362106     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.198     Document Type: Article

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