enabling its
application in domains that evolve over time. It is particularly
suited for use in
soft-knowledge domains with a qualitative, rather
than quantitative, emphasis. The tool is said to be semi-
quantitative, because the quantification of drivers and links can
be interpreted in relative terms only. Axelrod (1976) introduced
cognitive maps in the 1970s to represent social scientific knowl
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