Effectiveness of learning transportation network growth through simulation

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-41

  Chen, Wenling ^a,b   Levinson, David M ^c  

^a MSN 902 ^*  (United States)

^b Wilbur Smith Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Simulation; Transportation networks

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM LEARNING; DECISION-MAKING SKILLS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646565300     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2006)132:1(29)     Document Type: Article

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