The SEXTANT software: A tool for automating the comparative analysis of mental models of dynamic systems

摘要: Abstract The comparison of mental models dynamic systems improves our understanding how people comprehend, interpret, and subsequently influence management tasks. Approaches to comparing currently used in managerial organizational cognition research, especially the distance-ratio closeness-approaches, have been criticized for not considering essential characteristics situations. This paper builds on a recent analysis method developed compare dynamics systems, introduces this mathematical approach researchers by means SEXTANT software. It presents process model elicitation, analysis, comparison, interpretation. An example with four elicited illustrates software’s features analyze present results. Then, software is compared existing map models. Our conclusion that marks significant step enabling large-scale studies about systems.