Complex System: Using Complex Objects for Predicting and Controlling the Future (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Alexander Tuzhilin

9780656049455: Complex System: Using Complex Objects for Predicting and Controlling the Future (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0656049456 ISBN 13: 9780656049455

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2022

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Explore how complex objects and rules model predicting and controlling future outcomes.

This book presents Complex Systems as a way to describe how data, time, and behavior fit together. It explains how complex objects become the building blocks for forecasting future states and guiding decisions toward user-defined goals. You’ll see how a futuristic query language and an efficient processing method work together to answer time‑sensitive questions.

The discussion covers how to limit uncertainty, using ideas from control theory and operations research. It also explains when these systems are especially useful, such as in engineering, industry, and large organizational applications.

Understand the core idea of a complex object consisting of data, relationships, and integrity constraints.
See how transformation rules describe local changes and drive system trajectories.
Learn about handling uncertainty with three-valued logic and marked subobjects.
Discover the futuristic query language and the Propagation Algorithm to predict and influence outcomes.

Ideal for readers seeking a structured approach to modeling large, time‑dependent systems and making informed, goal‑driven decisions.

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