Criminal cycles in the illegal drug industry: A system dynamics approach applied to Colombia

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1429-1436

  Jaén, Sebastián ^a   Dyner, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; COLOMBIANS; ILLEGAL DRUGS; LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACHES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS;

DYNAMICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 60749127857     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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