The cognitive process of problem solving: A soft systems approach

Brain and Mind

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-295

  Patel, Dilip ^a   Patel, Shushma ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive informatics; General systems theory; Information systems; Knowledge representation; Object modelling; Soft systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPREHENSION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THINKING;

EID: 0141927441     PISSN: 13891987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025470015275     Document Type: Article

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