Information science: A third feedback framework

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 728-740

  Spink, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CYBERNETIC FEEDBACK LOOPS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0031209175     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199708)48:8<728::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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