Seeking Churchman's system for guaranteeing knowledge claims

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Metcalfe, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Churchman; Guarantors; Human systems; Knowledge claims

Indexed keywords

CHURCHMAN; DESIGN KNOWLEDGE; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; GUARANTORS; HUMAN DESIGN; HUMAN SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE CLAIMS; MULTI-ELEMENT SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

RESEARCH;

EID: 32344442909     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.676     Document Type: Article

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