Enacting Significance: A New Perspective on the Nature of Information within Systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-65

  Beynon Davies, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information; Neolithic clay tokens; Patterns; Signs; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855988886     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1123     Document Type: Article

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