Measurement in soft systems

10th IMEKO TC7 Symposium on Advances of Measurement Science 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 21-27

  Finkelstein, Ludwik ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement philosophy; Measurement theory; Soft systems

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC;

HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MEASUREMENT PHILOSOPHY; SOFT SYSTEMS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

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