Designing and Managing Complex Systems - Softcover

Moriarty, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323916090 ISBN 13: 9780323916097

Publisher: Academic Press, 2022

Synopsis

The systems that surround us are often multidimensional and complex, consisting of a large collection of networked components with convoluted connections between them. Designing and managing such systems can be challenging, particularly in organizations. Designing and Managing Complex Systems introduces readers to the theory of complex systems, examining the role of human within larger systems, the factors that affect system performance, and how such systems can be optimized. The first section reviews the history of one particularly fruitful approach to complexity, one based on knowledge of the human nervous system. Next, the author discusses the current understanding of complex systems in a variety of domains including physical, biological, mechanical, and organizational. Within these chapters the author also introduces the idea that there are marked similarities in how complexity is successfully managed across these different domains and how the ideas from one domain can be useful in other domains. Next, these ideas are synthesized into a framework for successfully designing and managing complex systems. The fourth section focuses on case studies concerning failures and successes within complex systems. 
 
Key Features 
 

• Provides an overview of the background and scope of complexity science. 
• Reviews current understanding of complex systems in a variety of domains (physical, biological, mechanical, and organizational). 
• Introduces the idea of using successful techniques from one domain to help design and manage complex systems in other domains. 
• Includes case studies analysing failures and successes within complex systems. 

About this title

About the Author

David Moriarty has worked as a medical doctor and as an airline pilot. Additionally, he has degrees in neuroscience and human factors and specializes in system design and complexity management. He works as a consultant specializing in these areas. 

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• Provides an overview of the background and scope of complexity science.
• Reviews current understanding of complex systems in a variety of domains (physical, biological, mechanical, and organizational).
• Introduces the idea of using successful techniques from one domain to help design and manage complex systems in other domains.
• Includes case studies analysing failures and successes within complex systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323916090
• ISBN 13: 9780323916097
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322