A research agenda for the engineering of complex systems

2008 IEEE International Systems Conference Proceedings, SysCon 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-22

  DeRosa, Joseph K ^a   Grisogono, Anne Marie ^b   Ryan, Alex J ^b   Norman, Douglas O ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Complex systems; Enterprise; Evolution; Modeling; Stakeholders; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE; EVOLUTION; MODELING; RESEARCH AGENDA; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; STAKEHOLDERS; SYSTEMS CONFERENCE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 49049118550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SYSTEMS.2008.4518982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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