When visuals are boundary objects in system dynamics work

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-86

  Black, Laura J ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Greer Black Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84885475365     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1496     Document Type: Article

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