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Doyle, J.K., Radzicki, M.J., Trees, W.S. (2008). Measuring Change in Mental Models of Complex Dynamic Systems. In: Qudrat-Ullah, H., Spector, J., Davidsen, P. (eds) Complex Decision Making. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73665-3_14

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