Logistic Game™: Learning by doing and knowledge-sharing

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 724-736

  Battini, Daria ^a   Faccio, Maurizio ^a   Persona, Alessandro ^a   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer game; Learning effect; Logistic; Operation management; Simulation game; Visual interactive simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; LEARNING EFFECT; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION GAME; VISUAL INTERACTIVE SIMULATION;

EDUCATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 70449341672     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280903119056     Document Type: Article

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