Insight Maker: A general-purpose tool for web-based modeling & simulation

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-45

  Fortmann Roe, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Based Modeling; Modeling; Simulation; System Dynamics; Web based technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; SYSTEM THEORY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING; MODEL AND SIMULATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATION AND MODELING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WEB-BASED SIMULATIONS; WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84902969116     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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