Putting complex systems to work

Complexity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 30-49

  Abbott, Russ ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 38749101993     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20200     Document Type: Note

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