The Statistical Mechanics of Complex Product Development: Empirical and Analytical Results

Dan Braha
Dan Braha
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Department of Decision and Information Sciences, University of Massachusetts, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747 and New England Complex Systems Institute, 24 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Yaneer Bar-Yam
Yaneer Bar-Yam
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New England Complex Systems Institute, 24 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Department of Decision and Information Sciences, University of Massachusetts, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747 and New England Complex Systems Institute, 24 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Yaneer Bar-Yam

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New England Complex Systems Institute, 24 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Published Online:1 Jul 2007https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0617

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