Documents tagged with complex systems

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Complexity and Self-Organization

Abstract: this article introduces some of the main concepts and methods of the science studying complex, self-organizing systems and networks, in a non-technical manner. Complexity cannot be strict...
  • gfbertini published this 11 / 09 / 2009
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Failure of Complex Systems

18 truths: The long fail of complexity Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 5:55 am 11/5/09 Enterprise systems are inherently complex, often involving many business processes, people, and organizations ac...
  • mhorvat2 published this 11 / 06 / 2009
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Emergence

THE RE-EMERGENCE OF “EMERGENCE”: A VENERABLE CONCEPT IN SEARCH OF A THEORY Peter A. Corning, Ph.D. Institute For the Study of Complex Systems 119 Bryant Street, Suite 212 Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA T...
  • t4exanadu published this 09 / 20 / 2009
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Applying theories of policy processes to evaluation: the example of evaluating Australia’s National

This brief conference paper explores the utility of theories, frameworks and models of policy processes for understanding the nature of the evaluation/policy nexus, and for maximising the likelihoo...
  • David_McDonald published this 08 / 28 / 2009
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Complexity: A Guide for the Perplexed

A short piece that gets to the core of complexity theories by highlighting the basic scientific concepts. It is shown that exotic phenomena such as chaos or self-organizations can be tracked down t...
  • pmagrass published this 07 / 15 / 2009
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ISPIM Vienna 2009 - Mark Turrell Imaginatik - Enterprise Crowdsourcing

ISPIM is the leading academic conference on innovation and product development, with over 200 PhD presentations from over 50 countries. Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik plc (www.imaginatik.com), ...
  • mark_turrell published this 06 / 26 / 2009
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Ian the Joat: Life on B Ark

What drives Ian Stewart, one of the world’s most popular and prolific mathematicians?
  • DouglasPage published this 06 / 10 / 2009
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a textbook published in 1984 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Massachusetts Institute of Techno...
  • inExcelsisDeo published this 05 / 16 / 2009
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The Emergency of Poetry

An essay by poet Andrew Joron, published in 2001 in response to 9/11.
  • L'Orca published this 05 / 16 / 2009
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Call for Papers SIMPLEX 2009

Call For Papers Simplex 2009 1st Annual Workshop on Simplifying Complex Network for Practitioners http://www.simplexconf.net 1st July 2009, Venice, Italy
  • klamma published this 04 / 09 / 2009
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MIND as MOTION - Explorations in the Dynamics of Cognition - Port, Robert F., Timothy Van Gelder

The bible of the dynamic approach of cognition.
  • Marmite published this 02 / 15 / 2009
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Preview of the Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP): Assessing Risk and Opportunity in Complex

The SEI Mission-Oriented Success Analysis and Improvement Criteria (MOSAIC) is a management approach for establishing and maintaining confidence that key objectives will be achieved successfully. T...
  • SEI Publications published this 10 / 07 / 2008
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