GU, JIFA; TANG, XIJIN - In: International Journal of Information Technology & … 06 (2007) 03, pp. 559-572
Meta-synthesis system approach (MSA) is proposed to tackle with open complex giant systems (OCGS) problems by Chinese system scientists since the late 1980s. Its essential idea can be simplified as from confident qualitative hypothesis to vigorous quantitative validation. To apply this approach,...