Applying systems thinking to assess sustainability in healthcare system of systems

International Journal of System of Systems Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 290-308

  Faezipour, Misagh ^a   Ferreira, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal model; Healthcare; Sustainability; Sustainability indicators; System dynamics; System of systems; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255169230     PISSN: 17480671     EISSN: 1748068X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2011.043861     Document Type: Article

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