A Systems Theoretical Approach to Interoperability of Information

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-497

  van Lier, Ben ^a   Hardjono, Teun ^b  

^a Centric   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hybridisation; Interoperability; Network centric thinking; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052841258     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-011-9197-5     Document Type: Article

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