Expert knowledge elicitation to improve formal and mental models

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-340

  Ford, David N ^a   Sterman, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000505381     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1727(199824)14:4<309::AID-SDR154>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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