General System Theory

Philosophy of Complex Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 177-194

  Hofkirchner, Wolfgang ^a   Schafranek, Matthias ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52076-0.50006-7     Document Type: Chapter

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