Models of sustainability

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1216-1222

  Todorov, V I ^a,b   Marinova, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Co evolution; Sustainable development; Sustainometrics

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CO-EVOLUTION; COMPLEX REALITY; COMPUTER POWER; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85086246275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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