When systems engineering fails - Toward complex systems engineering

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2021-2028

  Bar Yam, Yaneer ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Complexity in engineering; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMPLEXITY IN ENGINEERING; EVOLUTIONARY PARADIGM;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242637684     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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