Participative modelling and big issues: Defining features of system dynamics?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Lane, David C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77954930617     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1048     Document Type: Article

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