Engineering complexity

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-162

  Fisk, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENGINEERING COMPLEXITY; GLOBAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PATTERNS;

AIRCRAFT; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FRACTURE; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 3843057940     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801804225012617     Document Type: Review

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