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by Jean-Pierre Briffaut
From Complexity in the Natural Sciences to Complexity in Operations Management Systems
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Preface
Dedication
1 Complexity and Systems Thinking
1.1. Introduction: complexity as a problem
1.2. Complexity in perspective
1.3. System-based current methods proposed for dealing with complexity
1.4. Systems thinking and structuralism
1.5. Biodata of two figureheads in the development of cybernetics
1.6. References
2 Agent-based Modeling of Human Organizations
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Concept of agenthood in the technical world
2.3. Concept of agenthood in the social world
2.4. BDI agents as models of organization agents
2.5. Patterns of agent coordination
2.6. Negotiation patterns
2.7. Theories behind the organization theory
2.8. Organizations and complexity
2.9. References
3 Complexity and Chaos
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Complexity and chaos in physics and chemistry
3.3. Order out of chaos
3.4. Chaos in organizations – the certainty of uncertainty
3.5. References
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1: Notions of Graph Theory for Analyzing Social Networks
Appendix 2: Time Series Analysis with a View to Deterministic Chaos
Index
End User License Agreement
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Table of Contents
Cover
Preface
Dedication
1 Complexity and Systems Thinking
1.1. Introduction: complexity as a problem
1.2. Complexity in perspective
1.3. System-based current methods proposed for dealing with complexity
1.4. Systems thinking and structuralism
1.5. Biodata of two figureheads in the development of cybernetics
1.6. References
2 Agent-based Modeling of Human Organizations
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Concept of agenthood in the technical world
2.3. Concept of agenthood in the social world
2.4. BDI agents as models of organization agents
2.5. Patterns of agent coordination
2.6. Negotiation patterns
2.7. Theories behind the organization theory
2.8. Organizations and complexity
2.9. References
3 Complexity and Chaos
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Complexity and chaos in physics and chemistry
3.3. Order out of chaos
3.4. Chaos in organizations – the certainty of uncertainty
3.5. References
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1: Notions of Graph Theory for Analyzing Social Networks
Appendix 2: Time Series Analysis with a View to Deterministic Chaos
Index
End User License Agreement
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
Figure 1.1. Dynamics of reactions with the intermediary formation of a catalyst
Figure 1.2. Relationship between signs, data, information, knowledge and opinion...
Figure 1.3. Examples of relations between objects, classes of objects and attrib...
Figure 1.4. A frame for a long-term loan
Figure 1.5. Activation (output) computed for a single cell
Figure 1.6. Contrasting the concepts of first-order cybernetics and second-order...
Figure 1.7. Relationship between observed and observing systems
Chapter 2
Figure 2.1. Product structures from a manufacturing point of view
Figure 2.2. Gantt chart for scheduling machining and assembly activities for del...
Figure 2.3. Connection network matrix for the example of six children and three ...
Figure 2.4. Bipartite graph of the connection network matrix for the example of ...
Figure 2.5. BDI agent architecture
Figure 2.6. A situation S and its two possible worlds
Figure 2.7. Coordination between proprietary information systems through a colla...
Figure 2.8. Systematic approach to derive the Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation com...
Figure 2.9. A human agent at the interface of two universes
Figure 2.10. Description of a context shared by a set of actors interacting betw...
Figure 2.11. Set of actors interacting between themselves via their environment
Figure 2.12. Conceptualized processing steps for diagnosing messages and events
Chapter 3
Figure 3.1. Graphical paths to derive the iterates step by step from the initial...
Figure 3.2. Structures of time lags in a business control loop
Figure 3.3. Examples of time-lagged response to a step increase in target value
Figure 3.4. Effects of time lags on an oscillating production system
Figure 3.5. Effect of positive feedback on an oscillating production system
Figure 3.6. Effect of negative feedback on an oscillating production system
Figure 3.7. Three vertices (game points) of the game board and some iterations o...
Figure 3.8. A Sierpinski gasket
Figure 3.9. Two iterations of a circle with an MRCM on the basis of a triangle p...
Figure 3.10. Composite elements of a baseline feedback machine
Figure 3.11. Phased steps of analytics processes
Figure 3.12. Bifurcation and change in organizational patterns
Figure 3.13. Role of information in controlling business resources in a manufact...
Figure 3.14. An example of layered business system architecture
Figure 3.15. Layered information system architecture for a manufacturing company
Figure 3.16. Hierarchical architecture of application systems for a manufacturin...
Figure 3.17. System of insight building blocks to manage incoming data flows fro...
Figure 3.18. Articulation between controlled process, information system and con...
Figure 3.19. Articulation between controlled process, information systems and co...
Figure 3.20. Building blocks of the computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) conc...
Appendix A1
Figure A1.1. Three illustrative networks and their two representative formalisms
Figure A1.2. Contrasting isomorphism and homomorphism between two sets of elemen...
List of Illustrations
Chapter 3
Table 3.1. Calculation of x+ kx (1 − x) versus kx (1 − x) + x with k = 3 and x =...
Table 3.2. Dynamic behavior of Pt as a function of the parameter (1 − σ β)
Table 3.3. Time lags between physical events and information transmission – cons...
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