Foundational Issues of Engineering Design

Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 513-541

  Kroes, Peter ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84863612331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51667-1.50023-9     Document Type: Chapter

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