Diogenes, a process for identifying unintended consequences

Systems Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-306

  Bahill, A Terry ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

emergent behaviors; system design; validation; verification

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EMERGENT BEHAVIORS; FINANCIAL RISKS; HELP SYSTEMS; TEST PROCEDURES; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; VALIDATION;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TESTING; VERIFICATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84863815458     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20208     Document Type: Article

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