Measurement in soft systems: Epistemological framework and a case study

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-253

  Mari, Luca ^a   Lazzarotti, Valentina ^a   Manzini, Raffaella ^a  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foundations of measurement; Measurement in soft systems; Models in measurement

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

ACQUISITION DEVICES; AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; CASE STUDIES; COMBINATION RULES; DECISION PROCEDURES; FOUNDATIONS OF MEASUREMENT; MEASURAND; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE VALUES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; PHYSICAL SENSORS; REDUNDANT INFORMATIONS; SOFT MEASUREMENTS; SOFT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATIONS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 57649101199     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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