Experimental evaluation of a simulation environment for information systems design

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-20

  Warren, James R ^a   Norcio, Anthony F ^b   Stott, Jack W ^b   Canfield, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0029753121     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0164-1212(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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