Linking stakeholders and modellers in scenario studies: The use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps as a communication and learning tool

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  van Vliet, Mathijs ^a   Kok, Kasper ^a   Veldkamp, Tom ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LEARNING; MAPPING METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 73649117138     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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