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Team Theory and Distributed Processing: Surprise Attack

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It is argued that team theory is the appropriate analytic tool for studying distributed processing. It is shown that the so-called “surprise attack paradox” disappears when approached from a team-theory viewpoint.

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    Kenneth J. Arrow

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Arrow, K.J. Team Theory and Distributed Processing: Surprise Attack. Information Systems Frontiers 1, 11–14 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010060611235

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