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Conceptual modelling and the project process in real simulation projects: a survey of simulation modellers

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Conceptual modelling and the project process in real simulation projects: a survey of simulation modellers. / Brooks, Roger; Wang, Wang.
In: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 66, No. 10, 10.2015, p. 1669-1685.

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Brooks R, Wang W. Conceptual modelling and the project process in real simulation projects: a survey of simulation modellers. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2015 Oct;66(10):1669-1685. Epub 2015 Jan 21. doi: 10.1057/jors.2014.128

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Brooks, Roger ; Wang, Wang. / Conceptual modelling and the project process in real simulation projects : a survey of simulation modellers. In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2015 ; Vol. 66, No. 10. pp. 1669-1685.

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