Complexity: Learning to muddle through

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-197

  Flach, John M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive systems engineering; Complexity; Control; Distributed control; Requisite variety

Indexed keywords

ASHBY'S LAW; COMPLEXITY; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY; MODELING PERFORMANCE; REQUISITE VARIETY; SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS; WORK DOMAINS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CONTROL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84865410194     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0201-8     Document Type: Article

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