The power of the bond between cause and effect: Jay Wright forrester and the field of system dynamics

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 95-118

  Lane, David C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36348936872     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.370     Document Type: Article

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