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Volume 19, Issue 4
1 April 1990
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Review Article| April 01 1990

Communications: What is a Problem and What is an Original Solution to a Problem?

Brennig James
(Formerly Imperial College, London University, UK) Cherry Orchard, Marlow Common, Bucks SL7 2QP, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7883
Print ISSN: 0368-492X
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Kybernetes (1990) 19 (4): 57–58.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005855

In a discussion of what constitutes a problem and its original solution, the concepts of Roman and Arabic problems are introduced. Most problems in the Universe are Roman and the brain is likened to a Roget Map so that the connection between problem and solution is thought to run parallel.

Keywords: Problem Solving
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