An introduction to modeling science: Basic model types, key definitions, and a general framework for the comparison of process models

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-22

  Börner, Katy ^a   Boyack, Kevin W ^b   Milojević, Staša ^a   Morris, Steven ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SciTech Strategies Inc   (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

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EID: 84858778723     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23068-4_1     Document Type: Article

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