An analysis of the impact of chaotic dynamics on management information flow models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 242-254

  Riggle, Charlene ^a   Madey, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Dynamics; Modeling; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

INFORMATION FLOWS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031273253     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00261-5     Document Type: Article

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