Applications of uncertainty-based mental models in organizational learning: A case study in the Indian automobile industry

Information and Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-112

  Srinivas, V ^a   Shekar, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief networks; Belief revision; Cognitive maps; Mental models; Organizational learning; Probabilistic networks; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644347896     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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