Stock management in the presence of significant measurement delays

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-109

  Yasarcan, Hakan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79951996262     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.446     Document Type: Article

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