Complexity

Design Process Improvement: A Review of Current Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 174-197

  Earl, Chris ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey ^a   Eckert, Claudia ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33244478026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-061-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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