Starlogo under the hood and in the classroom

Kybernetes

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-37

  Klopfer, Eric ^a   Begel, Andrew ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Computer simulation; Cybernetics; Software development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYBERNETICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER MODELING TOOLS; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; MODEL TESTING; SALIENT FEATURES; USE-MODEL;

STUDENTS;

EID: 0037217680     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920310452328     Document Type: Article

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