A comprehensive analytical approach for policy analysis of system dynamics models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-683

  Saleh, Mohamed ^a   Oliva, Rogelio ^b   Kampmann, Christian Erik ^c   Davidsen, Pål I ^d  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue analysis; Leverage points; Linear model analysis; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; FEED-BACK LOOP; FORMAL TOOLS; LEVERAGE POINTS; LINEAR MODEL ANALYSIS; LINK SYSTEM; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER CHANGES; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY INTERVENTION; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEM MODE;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SIMULATORS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SYSTEM THEORY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70449526291     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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