Relationship between measurement, knowledge and advancement

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-16

  Sydenham, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advancement; Human progress; Information management; Knowledge; Measurement

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HUMAN PROGRESS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 0038521732     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2241(03)00023-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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