Decision-makers' perceptions of the value and impact of visual interactive modelling

Omega

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-165

  Bell, Peter C ^a   Anderson, Chris K ^a   Staples, D Sandy ^b   Elder, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling; Practice; Simulation; User interfaces; Visual interactive models

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKERS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; FOLLOW UP; INTERACTIVE MODELS; MODEL BUILDERS; MODELING; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE; SIMULATION; VISUAL INTERACTIVE MODEL;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0033116163     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(98)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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