System of systems engineering: An emerging multidiscipline

International Journal of System of Systems Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Sousa Poza, Andrés ^a   Kovacic, Samuel ^a   Keating, Charles ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex situations; Complexity; SOS; SOSE; System of systems; System of systems engineering; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349644372     PISSN: 17480671     EISSN: 1748068X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129     Document Type: Article

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