Some observations on resilience and robustness in human systems

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 773-802

  Read, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 29144488341     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720500306253     Document Type: Article

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