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Perhaps because of their overwhelming interest in political struggles and
confrontations, they argued that all the interactions involved in natural processes
can be thought of in terms of the confrontation of antagonists – a thesis opposed
by an ...
Perhaps because of their overwhelming interest in political struggles and
confrontations, they argued that all the interactions involved in natural processes
can be thought of in terms of the confrontation of antagonists – a thesis opposed
by an ...
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Perhaps the simplest kind of structure a complex system can have is a
hierarchical chain of command, such as one finds in an army with its general at
the top, its battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon commanders
and so on ...
Perhaps the simplest kind of structure a complex system can have is a
hierarchical chain of command, such as one finds in an army with its general at
the top, its battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon commanders
and so on ...
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Cross-Impact Matrices The outputs of Delphi and other forecasts are often only
lists of isolated possible future events, perhaps considered against a background
situation such as an advanced industrial nation. However, the list might include ...
Cross-Impact Matrices The outputs of Delphi and other forecasts are often only
lists of isolated possible future events, perhaps considered against a background
situation such as an advanced industrial nation. However, the list might include ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tools for Thought |
| Author | Conrad Hal Waddington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cape, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2009 |
| ISBN | 0224010778, 9780224010771 |
| Length | 250 pages |
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