Optimal structures for social systems

Kybernetes

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Schwaninger, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Optimization techniques; Organizations; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249094777     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920710746977     Document Type: Article

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