Managing complexity: An introduction

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-16

  Helbing, Dirk ^a,b   Lämmer, Stefan ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 35348892650     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75261-5_1     Document Type: Review

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