Build your seaport in a game and learn about complex systems

Journal of Design Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-298

  Bekebrede, Geertje ^a   Mayer, Igor ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complex systems; decision support; gaming; infrastructures; learning; planning; port development; ports; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249153681     PISSN: 17483050     EISSN: 15691551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2006.011366     Document Type: Article

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