Prevalence of pathologies in systems of systems

International Journal of System of Systems Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 243-267

  Keating, Charles B ^a   Katina, Polinpapilinho F ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

SoSE; System of systems engineering; System pathologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876698775     PISSN: 17480671     EISSN: 1748068X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2012.052688     Document Type: Article

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