The idea of emergent property

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Georgiou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emergent property; Epistemology; Phenomenology; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EPISTEMOLOGY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037356387     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601520     Document Type: Article

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