Can we learn how complex systems work?

Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 47-62

  Boschetti, Fabio ^a,b   Hardy, Pierre Yves ^c   Grigg, Nicola ^a   Horwitz, Pierre ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84855672966     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
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