The architecture of computerized business gaming simulations

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 242-269

  Thavikulwat, Precha ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Host; Model; Purpose; Representation; Score; Taxonomy; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544456276     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878104263545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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