Theory of deferred action: Agent-based simulation model for designing complex adaptive systems

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-537

  Patel, Nandish V ^a   Eldabi, Tillal ^a   Khan, Tariq M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Information systems; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955066760     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391011061799     Document Type: Article

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