title: Chaos theory as a framework for studying information systems
abstract: This paper introduces chaos theory as a means of studying information systems. It argues that chaos theory, combined with new techniques for discovering patterns in complex quantitative and qualitative evidence, offers a potentially more substantive approach to understand the nature of information systems in a variety of contexts. The paper introduces chaos theory concepts by way of an illustrative research design
keyphrases: chaos theory information systems qualitative evidence pattern discovery complex quantitative evidence