Knowledge based decision making on higher level strategic concerns: System dynamics approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-158

  Yim, Nam Hong ^a   Kim, Soung Hie ^a   Kim, Hee Woong ^b   Kwahk, Kee Young ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Naturalistic decision making; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NATURALISTIC DECISION MAKING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342481795     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2003.12.019     Document Type: Article

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