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Computer Models for Policy Analysis: Hierarchy, Goal Orientation, Scenarios

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Book cover Concepts and Tools of Computer-assisted Policy Analysis

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Computer models are images of reality: as any other image, they are determined by their object, by point of view, attitude and motivation, by initial knowledge, ability, tools, and the interest of the model builder concerning the representation and its purposes. As a result, there exist the counterparts of propaganda pamphlets, caricatures, sketches, abstract and realistic paintings — and maps.

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Bossel, H. (1977). Computer Models for Policy Analysis: Hierarchy, Goal Orientation, Scenarios. In: Bossel, H. (eds) Concepts and Tools of Computer-assisted Policy Analysis. Interdisciplinary Systems Research / Interdisziplinäre Systemforschung. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5570-9_4

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