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41. Organizations as Complex Systems: An Introduction to Knowledge Cybernetics (Managing the Complex) by Maurice Yolles | |
Paperback: 886
Pages
(2010-06-08)
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42. Dynamics Of Complex Systems (Studies in Nonlinearity) by Yaneer Bar-yam | |
Paperback: 864
Pages
(2003-08-01)
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beautifully written and highly useful
The worst side of normal science
Perpetuates the usual myths
Interesting but incomplete
How complicated are we? |
43. Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering) | |
Hardcover: 316
Pages
(2010-04-20)
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Editorial Review Product Description Complex systems have become ubiquitous and are essential to today’s society. The design of reliable complex systems and the determination of their availability are therefore very important tasks for managers and engineers. These tasks, however, can be extremely difficult to achieve, due to the fact that current analytical methods are often too complicated, time-consuming, inefficient, or even inappropriate, when dealing with real-life systems. Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems discusses the use of computer simulation-based techniques and algorithms to determine reliability and availability (R&A) levels in complex systems, and to support the improvement of these levels both at the design stage and during the system operating stage. It presents current best practice in the field, as well as: • sharing theoretical or applied models and decision support systems that make use of simulation to estimate and to improve system R&A levels; • forecasting emerging technologies and trends in the use of computer simulation for R&A; and • proposing hybrid approaches to the development of efficient methodologies designed to solve R&A-related problems in real-life systems. Dealing with practical issues, Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems is designed to support managers and system engineers in the improvement of R&A, as well as providing a thorough exploration of the techniques and algorithms available for researchers, and for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. |
44. Situational Awareness in Complex Systems: Proceedings of a Cahfa Conference (Monograph Series on Tax and Environmental Policies and U.S.) | |
Hardcover: 325
Pages
(1994-01)
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45. Engineering Mega-Systems: The Challenge of Systems Engineering in the Information Age (CRC Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering) by Renee Stevens | |
Hardcover: 254
Pages
(2010-07-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description With their ability to cross traditional boundaries and achieve a level of functionality greater than their component elements, mega-systems have helped corporations and government organizations around the world resolve complex challenges that they otherwise couldn’t address with stand-alone systems. Engineering Mega-Systems: The Challenge of Systems Engineering in the Information Age provides a clear understanding of the engineering of this class of systems—a process that demands consideration of increasing program scale and the rapid change of underlying technologies. Written by Renee Stevens, a Senior Principal Engineer at The MITRE Corporation with decades of experience analyzing, engineering, and acquiring large-scale systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies, this book explains how the engineering of mega-systems is inherently different from that of large-scale monolithic systems. It supplies the vocabulary and framework needed to explore the issues relevant to mega-systems. This framework then evolves into the Profiler diagnostic tool that helps you understand the nature and context of the system at hand and, on that basis, select the most appropriate processes, tools, and techniques. Stevens examines commercial and government applications of mega-systems to provide insight into the contemporary challenges of engineering these systems in three critical dimensions: engineering processes, management processes, and the larger context in which these systems are developed and deployed. Complete with two case studies in engineering mega-systems that illustrate valuable lessons learned and highlight emerging practices, this book supplies the understanding and the tools needed to begin engineering, characterizing, and acquiring mega-systems across multiple dimensions. |
46. Introduction to Complexity and Complex Systems by Robert B. Northrop | |
Hardcover: 568
Pages
(2010-12-13)
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Editorial Review Product Description Written for students and professionals in the fields of biomedical engineering, systems biology, biophysics, and physiology, this unique reference covers complexity issues within living systems. Topics explored include human responses to coping with complex systems, the Law of Unintended Consequences, the relation of complexity to evolution, the complexity inherent in invertebrate immune systems, and the complexity inherent in economic systems. A comprehensive glossary is included to help readers with acronyms and terms relating to complex, nonlinear biological systems. Also included are dynamic models and homework questions to further aid in understanding. |
47. Autonomy Oriented Computing: From Problem Solving to Complex Systems Modeling (Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations) by Jiming Liu, XiaoLong Jin, Kwok Ching Tsui | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(2010-11-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Autonomy Oriented Computing is a comprehensive reference for scientists, engineers, and other professionals concerned with this promising development in computer science. It can also be used as a text in graduate/undergraduate programs in a broad range of computer-related disciplines, including Robotics and Automation, Amorphous Computing, Image Processing, Programming Paradigms, Computational Biology, etc. Part One describes the basic concepts and characteristics of an AOC system and enumerates the critical design and engineering issues faced in AOC system development. Part Two gives detailed analyses of methodologies and case studies to evaluate AOC used in problem solving and complex system modeling. The final chapter outlines possibilities for future research and development. Numerous illustrative examples, experimental case studies, and exercises at the end of each chapter of Autonomy Oriented Computing help particularize and consolidate the methodologies and theories presented. |
48. Simulating Complex Systems by Cellular Automata (Understanding Complex Systems) | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(2010-06-16)
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49. Designing Complex Systems: Foundations of Design in the Functional Domain (Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering) by Erik W. Aslaksen | |
Hardcover: 176
Pages
(2008-10-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description Without standardized construction elements such as nuts, bolts, bearings, beams, resistors and the like, the design of physical equipment is hopelessly inefficient, and engineers are continually bogged down with re-designing these elements over and over again. The same can be said for the domain of ideas and performance requirements. Only through a process of standardization of the corresponding functional elements will systems engineering truly live up to its potential of increased efficiency and quality. Designing Complex Systems: Foundations of Design in the Functional Domain introduces students and practitioners in the field of system design to a particular methodology that addresses design issues in a rigorous and consistent top-down fashion. It also reassesses the characteristics of engineering and its place within the field of intellectual activity, in particular, examining the creative aspects of design as reflected in the difference between engineers and technicians. Erik W. Aslaksen brings forty years of experience to the table with this groundbreaking work. He examines how the concept of value can provide a quantitative measure of that wider interaction of the engineered object with its environment. With its forward-looking approach and holistic perspective, this volume is sure to advance the field of knowledge of systems engineering for years to come. |
50. Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Vol VI: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Complex Systems (New England Complex Systems Institue Book Series: Springer Complexity) | |
Paperback: 630
Pages
(2010-04-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description In recent years, scientists have applied the principles of complex systems science to increasingly diverse fields. The results have been nothing short of remarkable: their novel approaches have provided answers to long-standing questions in biology, ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology and sociology. "Unifying Themes in Complex Systems" is a well established series of carefully edited conference proceedings that serve the purpose of documenting and archiving the progress of cross-fertilization in this field. About NECSI: For over 10 years, The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) has been instrumental in the development of complex systems science and its applications. NECSI conducts research, education, knowledge dissemination, and community development around the world for the promotion of the study of complex systems and its application for the betterment of society. NECSI hosts the International Conference on Complex Systems and publishes the NECSI Book Series in conjunction with Springer Publishers. |
51. Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) by Dr. Howard Eisner | |
Hardcover: 216
Pages
(2005-09-27)
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Systems Engineering: Intermediate to advanced level
worse than unfortunate
Wise advices for dealing with complexity |
52. Adventures in Modeling: Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo by Vanessa Stevens Colella, Eric Klopfer, Mitchel Resnick | |
Paperback: 188
Pages
(2001-05-01)
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Good Intro to Topic...but Doesn't Extend Well to NetLogo
Turtles for all
Good book but not perfect...
Great guide to modeling systems!
Excellent guide to modeling systems! |
53. Advances in Applied Self-organizing Systems (Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing) | |
Hardcover: 376
Pages
(2007-11-07)
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Editorial Review Product Description The main challenge faced by designers of self-organizing systems is how to validate and control non-deterministic dynamics. Over-engineering the system may completely suppress self-organization with an outside influence, eliminating emergent patterns and decreasing robustness, adaptability and scalability. Whilst leaving too much non-determinism in the system’s behaviour may make its verification and validation almost impossible. This book presents the state-of-the-practice in successfully engineered self-organizing systems, and examines ways to balance design and self organization in the context of applications. As demonstrated throughout, finding this balance helps to deal with diverse practical challenges. The book begins with the more established fields of traffic management and structural health monitoring, building up towards robotic teams, solving challenging tasks deployed in tough environments. The second half of the book follows with a deeper look into the micro-level, and considers local interactions between agents. These interactions lead towards self-modifying digital circuitry and self-managing grids, self-organizing data visualization and intrusion detection in computer networks, immunocomputing and nature-inspired computation, and eventually to artificial life. The case studies described illustrate the richness of the topic and provide guidance to its intricate areas. Many algorithms proposed and discussed in this volume are biologically inspired and readers will also gain an insight into cellular automata, genetic algorithms, artificial immune systems, snake-like locomotion, ant foraging, birds flocking and mutualistic biological ecosystems, amongst others. Demonstrating the practical relevance and applicability of self-organization, this book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in a wide range of fields. |
54. Information and Self-Organization: A Macroscopic Approach to Complex Systems (Springer Series in Synergetics) by Hermann Haken | |
Paperback: 262
Pages
(2010-11-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description This book presents the concepts needed to deal with self-organizing complex systems from a unifying point of view that uses macroscopic data. The various meanings of the concept "information" are discussed and a general formulation of the maximum information (entropy) principle is used. With the aid of results from synergetics, adequate objective constraints for a large class of self-organizing systems are formulated and examples are given from physics, life and computer science. The relationship to chaos theory is examined and it is further shown that, based on possibly scarce and noisy data, unbiased guesses about processes of complex systems can be made and the underlying deterministic and random forces determined. This allows for probabilistic predictions of processes, with applications to numerous fields in science, technology, medicine and economics. The extensions of the third edition are essentially devoted to an introduction to the meaning of information in the quantum context. Indeed, quantum information science and technology is presently one of the most active fields of research at the interface of physics, technology and information sciences and has already established itself as one of the major future technologies for processing and communicating information on any scale. This book addresses graduate students and nonspecialist researchers wishing to get acquainted with the concept of information from a scientific perspective in more depth. It is suitable as a textbook for advanced courses or for self-study. Customer Reviews (1)
physics approach |
55. Safety Analyses of Complex Systems: Considerations of Software, Firmware, Hardware, Human, and the Environment by Michael Allocco | |
Hardcover: 470
Pages
(2010-04-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description It discusses safety analyses of large complex systems; which are comprised of software, firmware, hardware, the human and the environment. “System thinking” in problem solving is emphasized throughout the book. The book is comprised of three parts. The first part Risk identification covers topics including understanding risk, evaluating safety, and scenario-driven hazard analysis. The second part Risk elimination and control addresses eliminating risk and provides hazard control methods, techniques, and applications. Finally managing safety-related risks covers key concepts and observations associated with a safety management and other topics including making safety-related decisions. At the end of each chapter there are “Questions and Topics for Further Discussion”, which enables the book to be used for graduate and undergraduate education, and specialized courses or instructional development. |
56. Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) by Louis Anthony Cox | |
Hardcover: 444
Pages
(2009-05-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description In Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems acknowledged risk authority Tony Cox shows all risk practitioners how Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) can be used to improve risk management decisions and policies. It develops and illustrates QRA methods for complex and uncertain biological, engineering, and social systems – systems that have behaviors that are just too complex to be modeled accurately in detail with high confidence – and shows how they can be applied to applications including assessing and managing risks from chemical carcinogens, antibiotic resistance, mad cow disease, terrorist attacks, and accidental or deliberate failures in telecommunications network infrastructure. This book was written for a broad range of practitioners, including decision risk analysts, operations researchers and management scientists, quantitative policy analysts, economists, health and safety risk assessors, engineers, and modelers. Customer Reviews (2)
Comprehensive and example-laden - Every issue is touched
real risk analysis |
57. Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty (Communications and Control Engineering) by Aleksandar Zecevic, Dragoslav D. Siljak | |
Hardcover: 221
Pages
(2010-02-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description "Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty" focuses on control design under information structure constraints, with a particular emphasis on large-scale systems. The complexity of such systems poses serious computational challenges and severely restricts the types of feedback laws that can be used in practice. This book systematically addresses the main issues, and provides a number of applications that illustrate potential design methods, most which use Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs), which have become a popular design tool over the past two decades. Authors Aleksandar I. Zecevic and Dragoslav D. Siljak use their years of experience in the control field to also: "Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty" will appeal to practicing engineers, researchers and students working in control design and other related areas. |
58. Emergence in Complex Cognitive, Social and Biological Systems | |
Hardcover: 410
Pages
(2002-07-31)
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59. The Economy As an Evolving Complex System, III: Current Perspectives and Future Directions (Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity) (v. 3) | |
Paperback: 392
Pages
(2005-10-20)
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60. Visualizing Project Management: Models and Frameworks for Mastering Complex Systems by Kevin Forsberg, Hal Mooz, Howard Cotterman | |
Hardcover: 480
Pages
(2005-09-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Now Includes Downloadable Forms and Worksheets Projects are becoming the heart of business. This comprehensive revision of the bestselling guide to project management explains the processes, practices, and management techniques you need to implement a successful project culture within your team and enterprise. Visualizing Project Management simplifies the challenge of managing complex projects with powerful, visual models that have been adopted by more than 100 leading government and private organizations. In this new Third Edition, the authors-leading thinkers and practitioners in the field-keep you on the cutting edge with a sophisticated approach that integrates project management, systems engineering, and process improvement. This advanced content can help take your career and your organization well beyond the fundamentals. New, downloadable forms, templates, and worksheets make it easy to implement powerful project techniques and tools. Includes references to the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge and the INCOSE Handbook to help you pass: "I recommend this book to all those who aspire to project management [and] those who must supervise it." "The importance of this excellent book, able to encompass these two key disciplines [systems engineering and project management], cannot be overemphasized." Customer Reviews (7)
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