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A glossary of terms concerning General Morphological Analysis is presented. Most of these terms have been borrowed from other areas of study and employed for the purpose of explaining and understanding the morphological modelling of wicked problems. Their “meanings” may have shifted in emphasis. They are employed as “aids in understanding”, not as dogma
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Ritchey, T. (2011). Glossary of Terms. In: Wicked Problems – Social Messes. Risk, Governance and Society, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19653-9_10
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