Using the knowledge pyramid to characterize systems

16th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 148-166

  Martin, James ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFERENCE MODELS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84878809117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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