Designing a flexible approach for higher professional education by means of simulation modelling

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-210

  Schellekens, A ^a   Paas, F ^a   Verbraeck, A ^b   Van Merrienboer J J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Education; Organizational studies; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

DEVELOPMENT; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; SIMULATION;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 73549121730     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.133     Document Type: Article

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