Using soft OR principles for collaborative simulation: a case study in the Dutch airline industry

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 669-682

  Den Hengst, M ^a,b   De Vreede, G J ^b,c   Maghnouji, R ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision support (DN); Problem structuring (SO); Simulation (SI); Soft OR

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GROUP DECISION SUPPORT (DN); PROBLEM STRUCTURING (SO);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34247172895     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602353     Document Type: Article

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