Implications from Decision Science for the Systems Development Life Cycle in Information Systems

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-105

  Brugha, Cathal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Decision science; Development; Epistemology; Nomology; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035591977     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011405805771     Document Type: Article

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