Innovation in networked infrastructures: Coping with complexity

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 121-132

  Weijnen, Margot P C ^a,b,c,d,e   Bouwmans, Ivo ^a,f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands General Energy Council (AER)   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Science and Technology Policy Council (ATW)   (Netherlands)

^d National Innovation Platform   (Netherlands)

^e Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation   (Netherlands)

^f Sub programme 'Understanding Complex Networks'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complexity; Infrastructure design and management; Networked infrastructures

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LOGIC DESIGN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEXITY; INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT; NETWORKED INFRASTRUCTURES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646234014     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2006.009432     Document Type: Article

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