The source of poor policy: Controlling learning drift and premature consensus in human organizations

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-32

  Hines, Jim ^a   House, Jody ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012314154     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.203     Document Type: Article

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