Computer-supported cognitive mapping for participatory problem structuring.
A study explored the potential of the Quasta tool, a computer-supported cognitive mapping for participatory problem structuring in decision and planning support. The tool, which enables qualitative analysis of scenarios and simultaneous forecasting and backcasting, was tested in four participatory...
| Published in: | Environment & Planning A Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 63 - 82 |
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Pion Limited
January 2009
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