Modeling a control system for organizational processes

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 675-721

  Schwaninger, Markus ^a   Powell, Stephen G ^b   Trimble, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONTROL SYSTEM MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS; SOCIO LOGICAL ASPECTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036793376     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720213934     Document Type: Article

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