Analyzing cognitive maps to help structure issues or problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 673-686

  Eden, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Problem structuring; Soft OR

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; KELLY'S THEORY; PROBLEM STRUCTURING; STATISTICAL MODELING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 3342894829     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00431-4     Document Type: Article

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