Business games as a tool for teaching DSS

Proceedings - 2006 SIGED: IAIM 21st Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 102-128

  Ben Zvi, Tal ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business games; Decision support systems; Education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GAMES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS; SIMULATION EXERCISE; TEACHING MANAGEMENTS; USER SATISFACTION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

TOOLS;

EID: 84883231799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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