Design beyond complexity: Possible futures-Prediction or design? (and techniques and tools to make it possible)

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 537-551

  Blecic, Ivan ^a   Cecchini, Arnaldo 'Bibo' ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DESIGN; PREDICTION;

EID: 44249086697     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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