Monitoring in a complex world - Seeking slow variables, a scaled focus, and speedier learning

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-78

  Lynam, T J P ^a   Stafford Smith, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Complex adaptive systems; Learning; Mental models; Monitoring systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444312261     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110409485837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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