Using response surfaces to improve the search for satisfactory behavior in system dynamics models

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-90

  Bailey, Reid ^a   Bras, Bert ^a,d,e,f   Allen, Janet K ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e MARIN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0012316374     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1727(200022)16:2<75::AID-SDR184>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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