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Critical Characteristics of Metasystems: Toward Defining Metasystems' Governance Mechanism
May/June 2009 (vol. 11 no. 3)
pp. 46-49
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G. Reza Djavanshir, Reza Khorramshahgol, James Novitzki, "Critical Characteristics of Metasystems: Toward Defining Metasystems' Governance Mechanism," IT Professional, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 46-49, May/June, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MITP.2009.45,
author = {G. Reza Djavanshir and Reza Khorramshahgol and James Novitzki},
title = {Critical Characteristics of Metasystems: Toward Defining Metasystems' Governance Mechanism},
journal ={IT Professional},
volume = {11},
number = {3},
issn = {1520-9202},
year = {2009},
pages = {46-49},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2009.45},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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G. Reza Djavanshir, Johns Hopkins University
Reza Khorramshahgol, Kuwait University
James Novitzki, Johns Hopkins University
To effectively design, integrate, and understand the functional operations of metasystems, researchers and practitioners need a standard definition and common understanding of metasystems as an extended system-of-systems.

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Index Terms:
IT professional, distributed enterprise systems, governance mechanism, information and telecommunication systems, metasystems, system-of-systems, transition management, transition strategy.
Citation:
G. Reza Djavanshir, Reza Khorramshahgol, James Novitzki, "Critical Characteristics of Metasystems: Toward Defining Metasystems' Governance Mechanism," IT Professional, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 46-49, May/June 2009, doi:10.1109/MITP.2009.45
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