Interaction and transformation in SSM

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-253

  Mathiassen, Lars ^b   Nielsen, Peter Axel ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Information systems; Interaction; Soft systems; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179021     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(200005/06)17:3<243::AID-SRES316>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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