Ulysse: A qualitative tool for eliciting mental models of complex systems: Methodological approach and application to regional development in Atlantic Canada

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-192

  Desthieux, Gilles ^a   Joerin, Florent ^b   Lebreton, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c EcoTec Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DATABASE; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 77954529582     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.434     Document Type: Article

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