Article ID: | iaor1996679 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 59 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 9 |
End Page Number: | 27 |
Publication Date: | May 1992 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Morecroft John D.W. |
Keywords: | modelling |
Over the last decade modelling and simulation have come of age, extending their influence beyond the mind and desktop of the analyst into the boardroom and the mental models of managers. In the past, business computer models were thought of as technical tools for tightly structured problems of prediction, optimization, or financial planning. But increasingly models are seen to have a different and more subtle role as