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Living systems science methodology for managing complexity and change
Author(s) -
Simms James R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.563
Subject(s) - systems science , identification (biology) , living systems , complex system , complexity science , computer science , complexity management , system of systems , management science , data science , risk analysis (engineering) , systems design , engineering , artificial intelligence , business , biology , ecology , software engineering , marketing
Methodologies for managing complexity and change based on living systems science are presented. Managing complexity and change requires an understanding of complex systems and their environments. Living systems science provides a means for understanding both the static and dynamic characteristics of living systems. This understanding is based on identification of the determinants of a system's behaviors and on the relationship between these behaviors and the determinants of behavior. Managing complex systems and their changes requires identification of those determinants that can be changed (managed) and the development of methodologies for analyzing systems' behaviors when the determinants are varied. The determinants of complex systems' behaviors are identified and methodologies for managing complex systems are provided. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.