Group model-building 'scripts' as a collaborative planning tool

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-193

  Hovmand, Peter S ^a   Andersen, David F ^b   Rouwette, Etiënne ^c   Richardson, George P ^b   Rux, Krista ^a   Calhoun, Annaliese ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group model building; Participatory system modelling; Scripts; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING; GROUP MODEL BUILDING; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; PARTICIPATORY METHODS; SCRIPTS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEM MODELLING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84868627159     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2105     Document Type: Article

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