Exploring the synergy between industrial ecology and system of systems to understand complexity a case study in air transportation

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-263

  DeLaurentis, Daniel A ^a   Ayyalasomayajula, Sricharan ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling (ABM); Complex systems; Decision support; Emergent behavior; Networks; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELING (ABM); COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT; EMERGENT BEHAVIOR; NETWORKS; SIMULATION;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

COMPLEXITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; SYNERGISM;

EID: 67049098661     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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