Corben, D.A. with E.F. Wolstenholme, "As Hypermedia based Delphi Tool for Knowledge Acquisition in Model Building", 1992
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The Delphi method has been used as a method of knowledge capture and consensus building in a variety of social and managerial areas for a considerable period of time and more recently it has been applied in the field of System Dynamics. This paper describes research into the development and application of a computerised version of the Delphi method to assist the development of System Dynamics models. It has been developed in the context of project aimed at improving the design and assessment of computer based information systems.The features of a Hypermedia based Delphi system that has been developed for the Apple Macintosh are described and the results of its application to a modelling exercise are discussed, with particular emphasis on its ability to create consensus influence diagrams.