Methods for conceptual model representation

Conceptual Modeling for Discrete-Event Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 337-354

  Onggo, Stephan ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055770758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439810385     Document Type: Chapter

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