Designing qualitative simulation systems for business

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 462-483

  Nissen, Mark E ^a  

^a Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Business process reengineering; Information systems design; Qualitative reasoning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004616924     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878196274004     Document Type: Article

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