Concept and prototype of a web tool for public–private project contracting based on a system dynamics model

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 407-419

  Hu, Bo ^a   Leopold, Armin ^a   Pickl, Stefan ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Project contracting; Public private partnership (PPP); System dynamics modelling; Web tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928547133     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-014-0378-z     Document Type: Article

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