New Developments in Complex Systems

The Man-Made world is increasingly populated by Systems:

  • Manufacturing, Construction, Mining, Agricultural Systems
  • Man-Made Biological & Health Care Systems
  • Military-Aerospace Systems
  • Transportation, Energy & Power Systems
  • Telecommunication Networks
  • Facilities, Properties
  • Business Processes
  • Other Man-Made and Natural Systems

These Systems are becoming More Complex:

  • Under sophistication pressure of demand & competition
  • Enabled by progress in technology
  • Becoming more complex at exponentially growing rates
  • We can now Construct systems more complex than we can Understand
  • These are natural forces driving further “complexification”
  • They can be sources of problems or advantages in competitive markets

Spanning Multiple Technologies:

  • Mechanical,Hydraulic
  • Chemical and Biological
  • Electronic, Optical
  • Aero and Hydro Dynamic
  • Acoustic
  • Thermodynamic
  • Human Cognition, Organizations
  • Software, Information

Complexity Growth Overcomes Our Abilities to:

  • Describe
  • Predict
  • Manage
  • Monitor
  • Configure
  • Evolve
  • Validate
  • Understand
  • Install
  • Operate
  • Repair
  • Maintain
  • Account for
  • Verify
  • Design
  • Implement
  • Communicate about
  • Manufacture
  • Diagnose
  • Control
  • Integrate

…these systems, at least within acceptable levels of:

                                                                           Time, Cost, Effort, Risk

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