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How Systems Break Down

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We intend to formulate a principle-based theory through implications of this kind

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    Paolo Rocchi

  2. LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy

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Rocchi, P. (2017). How Systems Break Down. In: Reliability is a New Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57472-1_3

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