Why complex systems engineering needs biological development

Complexity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 12-21

  Banzhaf, W ^a   Pillay, N ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 38749140644     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20199     Document Type: Note

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