Developing a systems thinking perspective of hospital water sustainability

SysCon 2013 - 7th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 109-113

  Faezipour, Misagh ^a   Ferreira, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

causal model; system dynamics; validation; water sustainability

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; MODEL VALIDATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS THINKING; VALIDATION; VALIDATION RESULTS; WATER SUSTAINABILITY;

HOSPITALS; SYSTEM THEORY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84882984757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SysCon.2013.6549867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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