Creation of desirable complexity: Strategies for designing selforganized systems

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-121

  Anderson, Carl ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Qbit LLC   (United States)

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EID: 54849440498     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32834-3_5     Document Type: Article

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