Understanding stocks and flows through analogy

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-27

  Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a   Wong, Hau Yu ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857356716     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.470     Document Type: Article

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