New Directions in Systems Theory: Chaos and Complexity

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-372

  Warren, Keith ^a   Franklin, Cynthia ^a   Streeter, Calvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complexity; Social work research; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010639069     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/43.4.357     Document Type: Article

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