Understanding complex adaptive systems by playing games;Kompleksinių adaptyviųjų sistemų įvaldymas naudojant žaidimus

Informatics in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  van Bilsen, Arthur ^a   Bekebrede, Geertje ^a   Mayer, Igor ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Education; Infrastructure; Simulation games; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952696441     PISSN: 16485831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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