Research agenda for complex situations

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Sousa Poza, Andres ^a   Kovacic, Samuel ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex situations; Epistemological; Methodological; Ontological

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX CONDITION; COMPLEX SITUATION; EPISTEMOLOGICAL; INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED; METHODOLOGICAL; ONTOLOGICAL; RESEARCH AGENDA; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 58649106019     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2008.11431786     Document Type: Article

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