Emergence in complex systems

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 65-78

  Goldstein, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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