A dynamic perspective of differences between cognitive maps

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-549

  Wang, Shouhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NEURAL NETWORKS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030123322     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.59     Document Type: Article

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