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Locating agricultural decision support systems in the troubled past and socio-technical complexity of `models for management'

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  • McCown, R. L., 2002. "Locating agricultural decision support systems in the troubled past and socio-technical complexity of `models for management'," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 74(1), pages 11-25, October.
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