Reconceptualizing information systems as a field of the transdiscipline informing science: From ugly duckling to swan

Journal of Computing and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Cohen, Eli ^a  

^a Information Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Framework; History; Information systems; Informing science; Philosophy the problem with information systems

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; FRAMEWORK; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; INFORMING SCIENCE;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 85013944253     PISSN: 13301136     EISSN: 18463908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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