Ontological support for multiparadigm multimethodologies: Isomorphic process-structures and the critical moment

54th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2010: Governance for a Resilient Planet

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 611-633

  Bowers, Todd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical systems; Incommensurability; Multimethodology; Multiparadigm; Systemic intervention; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SYSTEMS; INCOMMENSURABILITY; MULTI-PARADIGM; MULTIMETHODOLOGY; SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION;

SYSTEM THEORY;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84865650383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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