A self-organizing network for the systems community

Kybernetes

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 590-606

  Ríos, José Pérez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control systems; Cybernetics; Information networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CYBERNETICS; EDUCATION; PLANNING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION NETWORKS; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY (SSM); SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS COMMUNITY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342618725     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920410523599     Document Type: Article

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