Metagraphs in hierarchical modeling

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 623-639

  Basu, Amit ^a   Blanning, Robert W ^a   Shtub, Avraham ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision Support Systems; Graph Theory; Hierarchical Modeling; Model Abstraction

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HIERARCHICAL MODELING; METAGRAPH;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031131008     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.5.623     Document Type: Article

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