Complex Systems
Fundamentals & Applications
Published on 9. February 2016
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-1-78466-155-7 (ISBN)
Description
The papers contained in this volume were originally presented at the 2015 International Conference on Complex Systems in Business, Administration, Science and Engineering. Included are the latest works of practitioners from a variety of disciplines who have developed new approaches for resolving complex issues that cannot be formulated using conventional, mathematical or software models.Complex Systems occur in an infinite variety of problems, not only in the realm of physical sciences and engineering, but also in such diverse fields as economics, the environment, humanities, and social and political sciences.The papers in the book cover such topics as: Complex ecological systems; Complexity science and urban developments; Complex energy systems; Complex issues in biological and medical sciences; Extreme events: natural and human made disasters; Climate change; Complexity of the internet-based global market; Complex business processes; Supply chain complexity; Transportation complexity; Logistics complexity; Closed and open systems; Attractions and chaotic systems; Complex adaptive software; Complexity of big data; Management of complexity; Global economy as a complex system; Complexity in social systems; Complex political systems; Administrations as complex systems; Complexity in engineering; Complexity and environment; Complexity and evolution; Complexity in linguistics, literature and arts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78466-155-7 (9781784661557)
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ContentsSection 1: FundamentalsNon-relativistic time, existence and adaptation; On computing the behavior of the mind from an eastern philosophical perspective; Complexity as the defining feature of the 21st century; Factors that facilitate organisational change in complex systems; Mutual shaping between technologies and law: memories of Norwegian e-health infrastructures; 'In' or 'as' space?: a model of complexity, with philosophical, simulatory, and empirical ramifications; Toward thermodynamics of real-time scheduling; Semantic shift to pragmatic meaning in shared decision making: situation theory perspective; Techniques for multifractal spectrum estimation in financial time seriesSection 2: Applications in business and industryAddressing supply-chain complexity using closed-loop simulation-based exercises; Price competition strategy of internet platforms; A novel dwelling time design method for low probability of intercept in a complex radar network; Systems analysis for energy systems using an integrated model of GIS and technology models; Analysing the Chinese stock market using the Hurst exponent, fractional Brownian motion and variants of a stochastic logistic differential equation; Effects of mobile application to the public transportation and future editing: Istanbul caseSection 3: Applications in various fieldsSupporting sensemaking to deal with organizational complexity; The relationship between employee health, quality culture and organizational effectiveness: findings from the literature; Systems engineering beliefs: contemplating personal perceptions regarding state of the art; Value-sensitive design for indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico; Influences in a biologically complex adaptive system: environmental stress affects dental development in a group of Romano-BritonsSection 4: Multi-agent applicationsA multi-agent solution for managing complexity in English to Sinhala machine translation; Using a multi-agent system for supply chain management; Design and development of an agent-based model for business operations faced with flood disruption; Using multi-agent technology for the distributed management of a cluster of remote sensing satellites; Multi-agent method to adaptive real-time train scheduling with conflict limitationsAuthor index