Identifying strategic action in highly politicized contexts using agent-based qualitative system dynamics

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 787-798

  Powell, J H ^a,b   Coyle, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influence diagrams; Political analysis; Qualitative modelling; Soft systems; Strategy; Systems dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; POLITICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE MODELING; SOFT SYSTEMS; STRATEGY; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444435080     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601869     Document Type: Article

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