On principles and rules in complex adaptive systems: A financial system case study

Systems Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-447

  Polacek, George A ^a   Gianetto, David A ^a   Khashanah, Khaldoun ^a   Verma, Dinesh ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAS; complexity; financial system; GAAP; IFRS; leverage points; principles; rules; SoS; systems engineering

Indexed keywords

CAS; COMPLEXITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GAAP; IFRS; LEVERAGE POINTS; PRINCIPLES; RULES; SOS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FINANCE;

EID: 84867578765     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21213     Document Type: Article

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