Fractal architecture for the adaptive complex enterprise

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Ramanathan, Jay ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMPLEX ENTERPRISES (ACE); FRACTAL ARCHITECTURE; PROCESS STRUCTURE; SENSE-AND-RESPOND (S-R) BUSINESS;

DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FRACTALS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 18744365798     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1060710.1060739     Document Type: Review

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