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Shaw, D.R., Snowdon, B., Holland, C.P., Kawalek, P., Warboys, B. (2005). The Viable Systems Model Applied to a Smart Network: The Case of the UK Electricity Market. In: Vervest, P., van Heck, E., Pau, LF., Preiss, K. (eds) Smart Business Networks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26694-1_20
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