A process for the development and application of simulation models in applied economics

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-103

  Doole, Graeme J ^a,b   Pannell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Modelling; Sensitivity analysis; Stakeholders; Validation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84872730152     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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