Societal Ageing in the Netherlands: A Robust System Dynamics Approach

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 485-501

  Auping, Willem L ^a,b   Pruyt, Erik ^a   Kwakkel, Jan H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fiscal sustainability; Messy problems; Robust decision making; Societal ageing; System Dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DESIGN AND TESTS; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; MESSY PROBLEMS; ROBUST DECISIONS; SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOCIETAL AGEING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84935139870     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2340     Document Type: Article

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