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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Group Model Building

Authors : Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette, Jac A. M. Vennix

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Client
Person (or agency) who buys a model
Facilitator
Person who guides the group process in group model building
Gatekeeper
Person who forms the linking pin between modelling team and management team
Knowledge elicitation
Process of capturing the knowledge contained in the mental models of team members of the management team
Modeller
Person who constructs the quantified model during group model building
Recorder
Person who takes notes during group model building sessions and constructs workbooks
Workbook
Booklet which contains summary of previous group model building sessions and prepares for subsequent sessions
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Metadata
Title
Group Model Building
Authors
Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette
Jac A. M. Vennix
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer US
Book
System Dynamics

Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-8789-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4939-8790-0

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8790-0_264