Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking (CEST): Literature Review, Principles for Assessing and the Reliability and Validity of an Assessing Tool

International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Frank, Moti ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

capacity for engineering systems thinking (CEST); engineering systems thinking; interest inventory; systems engineering; systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001838147     PISSN: 1935570X     EISSN: 19355718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsa.2009010101     Document Type: Article

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