Stable or robust? What's the difference? The two concepts lead to different questions; will they give rise to different answers?

Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Jen, Erica ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 2142640522     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.10077     Document Type: Review

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