System dynamics in the U.K.: A journey from stirling to Oxford and beyond

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 205-214

  Morecroft, John ^a   Wolstenholme, Eric ^b,c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Symmetrics SD ^*

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348946451     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.368     Document Type: Review

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