A review of the recent contribution of systems thinking to operational research and management science
DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2009.12.019zbMath1206.90079OpenAlexW2025499361WikidataQ63650687 ScholiaQ63650687MaRDI QIDQ613425
Publication date: 20 December 2010
Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/22312/74/22312_EJOR-Systems_version_1_sent_Web.pdf
system dynamicscomplexity theorycritical systemssystems thinkingmultimethodologycyberneticssoft systems methodologysystems approach
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02) Operations research and management science (90B99)
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