Best practices in system dynamics modeling

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-123

  Martinez Moyano, Ignacio J ^a,b   Richardson, George P ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885484148     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1495     Document Type: Article

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