SIMBA: A simulator for business education and research

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 498-506

  Borrajo, Fernando ^a   Bueno, Yolanda ^a   de Pablo, Isidro ^a   Santos, Begoña ^a   Fernández, Fernando ^b   García, Javier ^b   Sagredo, Ismael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business education; Business intelligence; Business simulator; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; BUSINESS DECISIONS; BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE; BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; WEB BASED PLATFORM;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 72249118874     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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