Supporting self-organised community research through informal learning

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 825-835

  Herron, Rebecca ^a   Mendiwelso Bendek, Zoraida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community Operational Research; Constructed Conversations; Informal learning; OR for Community Development; Self organisation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCTED CONVERSATIONS; INFORMAL LEARNING; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; SELF ORGANISATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85029441798     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.08.009     Document Type: Article

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