Topology of large-scale engineering problem-solving networks

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1 2, 2004, Pages 161131-161137

  Braha, Dan ^a,b   Bar Yam, Yaneer ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY;

PROBLEM-SOLVING NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGICAL NETWORKS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 18144410184     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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