The Tourism Futures Simulator: A systems thinking approach

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Walker, Paul A ^a   Greiner, R ^a   McDonald, D ^a   Lyne, V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Environment; Mental models; Simulation model; Systems thinking; Tourism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; TOURISM FUTURES SIMULATOR (TFS);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

METHODOLOGY; MODELING; TOURISM;

EID: 0344507103     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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