Search for dissertations about: "complex systems"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 3085 swedish dissertations containing the words complex systems.

  2. 6. Complex methods of inquiry: structuring uncertainty

    Author : PETER BEDNAR; Institutionen för informatik; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information system; Contextual Analysis; Contextual Dependencies; Systems Approaches; Systems Thinking; Organizational change; Complex adaptive systems; Uncertainty management; Organizational Emergence; Change Management; Organizational Learning; Human Activity Systems;

    Abstract : Organizational problem spaces can be viewed as complex, uncertain and ambiguous. They can also be understood as open problem spaces. As such, any engagement with them, and any effort to intervene in order to pursue desirable change, cannot be assumed to be just a matter of ‘complicatedness’. READ MORE

  4. 7. Complex Networks : Structure, Function , Evolution

    Author : Ala Trusina; Petter Minnhagen; Kim Sneppen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Complex systems; network topology; evolution; information spread; Condensed matter physics; Kondenserade materiens fysik;

    Abstract : A complex system is a system for which the statement "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" holds. A network can be viewed as a backbone of a complex system. READ MORE

  5. 8. Structures in complex systems : Playing dice with networks and books

    Author : Sebastian Bernhardsson; Petter Minnhagen; Stefan Bornholdt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Complex systems; networks; statistical physics; biological networks; quantitative linguistics; word frequencies.; Physics; Fysik;

    Abstract : Complex systems are neither perfectly regular nor completely random. They consist of a multitude of players who, in many cases, playtogether in a way that makes their combined strength greater than the sum of their individual achievements. READ MORE

  6. 9. Procurement of Complex Technical Systems : Strategies for Successful Projects

    Author : Mikael Eriksson; Torsten Cegrell; Kim Wikström; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Project; Procurement; Complex Systems; Project Management; Systems Engineering; Acquisition; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : When facing a procurement of a complex technical system, many questions are to be asked. The main question is how the best and most suitable systems are obtained, at the right cost. In order to answer that question numerous aspects must be considered and investigated. READ MORE

  7. 10. Safety Analysis of Systems-of-Systems

    Author : Stephan Baumgart; Joakim Fröberg; Sasikumar Punnekkat; Iain Bate; Mälardalens universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; System-of-Systems; Safety Analysis; Hazard Analysis; Model-based Development; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Safety-critical systems may fail dangerously with severe consequences to the health of the involved humans, costly equipment, the environment, or other valuable assets of a stakeholder. For these classes of systems, the developers are obliged to analyze each potentially hazardous situation thoroughly. READ MORE