A new approach to studying complex systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-416

  Yan, Zexian ^a,b  

^a China Society of Complex Systems   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Operation mechanism; Research approach; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

FEED-BACK LOOP; INTERACTIVE MODELING; OPERATION MECHANISM; RESEARCH APPROACH; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SYSTEM THINKINGS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 35448938830     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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