Modeling and simulation of corporate lifecycle using system dynamics

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1259-1267

  Hu, Bin ^a   Zhang, DeBin ^a,b   Ma, CaiXue ^b   Jiang, Yong ^b   Hu, XiongYing ^a   Zhang, JinLong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision support; Lifecycle; Simulation; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY;

COMPUTER-BASED TOOL; CORPORATION LIFECYCLE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 36048972902     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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