Dynamics of concurrent software development

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-249

  Rahmandad, Hazhir ^a   Weiss, David M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AVAYA LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLICY MAKING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349621406     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.425     Document Type: Article

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