Partial-model testing as a validation tool for system dynamics (1983)

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-294

  Homer, Jack B ^a  

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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84866159298     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1478     Document Type: Article

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