Reflections for the future of system dynamics

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 440-449

  Richardson, G P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Current trends; Future directions; History of system dynamics; Qualitative modelling; Quantitative modelling; Software tools

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

QUALITATIVE MODELING; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032625122     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600749     Document Type: Article

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