On long lifespan systems

Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, ICCI 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 418-428

  Wang, Yingxu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive informatics; Complex systems; Economic system; Inertial system; Large scale system; Lifespan; Long lifespan system; Magnitude; Mathematical models; Properties; System engineering; System science; System theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONTROL; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE INFORMATICS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; INERTIAL SYSTEM; LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; LONG-LIFESPAN SYSTEM; MAGNITUDE; PROPERTIES; SYSTEM ENGINEERING; SYSTEM SCIENCE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 56349143416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COGINF.2008.4639196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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