An integrated simulation and optimization modelling environment for decision support

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-117

  Guariso, Giorgio ^a   Hitz, Martin ^b   Werthner, Hannes ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Integrated simulation environments; Modelling and simulation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

INTEGRATED SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS; OPTIMIZATION MODELLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0030086399     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9236(94)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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