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Software systems for situation analysis and decision support on the basis of cognitive maps: Approaches and methods

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This paper considers the methods of influence analysis, structure analysis, inverse problem solving and scenario analysis implemented in cognitive map-based modeling software systems. The methods serve for designing control strategies in ill-structured situations.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Kulinich, 2011, published in Problemy Upravleniya, 2011, No. 4, pp. 31–45.

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Kulinich, A.A. Software systems for situation analysis and decision support on the basis of cognitive maps: Approaches and methods. Autom Remote Control 75, 1337–1355 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117914070157

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