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Working with Systems

Published on Feb 25, 20075217 Views

Continuing advances in information and communications technology (ICT) are increasing the scale and connectivity of today's engineered systems. Managing the resultant complexity is becoming the centra

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Introduction to Complexity Science00:01
Systems02:38
What is a System?04:00
A Biological Example05:25
A Geographical Example06:48
An Engineering Example11:37
A Medical Example12:58
A Science of Systems15:18
Levels of Description16:45
Describing System Structure18:48
Sub-systems & Coupling20:31
The Eye of the Beholder21:46
Hierarchy vs. Anarchy23:59
Describing System Behaviour26:19
Stability29:38
Emergence30:55
Adaptation36:31
Behaviour from Structure?39:43