Identifying systems' new initial conditions as influence points for the future

Foresight

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Aaltonen, Mika ^a   Sanders, T Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Washington Center for Complexity and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive system theory; Complexity theory; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745315235     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680610668054     Document Type: Review

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