Socio-technical systems: From design methods to systems engineering

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-17

  Baxter, Gordon ^a   Sommerville, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Socio technical systems; software engineering; systems engineering

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COST EFFECTIVE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPROACH; SOCIO-TECHNICAL DESIGNS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 78650293998     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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