The challenges of designing the needed Ultra Large Scale (ULS) systems are beyond the methods and techniques that humanity currently knows of. These systems are characterized by extraordinary decentralization, inherently conflicting, unknowable and diverse requirements, continuous evolution and...

We study the effects of delivering a shock to a complex system comprising components ('agents') that interact in a pairwise fashion, independent of other parts of the system and with no central control. Such pairwise interactions ensure that the system develops with time in a self-determining...

Loss aversion and overconfidence are arguably the two most studied behavioral biases in finance, and yet often considered having contradictory effects on risk taking. Overconfident investors are generally more prone to take-on risk, whereas loss averse investors tend to be more cautious. We...

Compliance law theory is incomplete and in a conceptually disconnected state. This article seeks to offer clarification to this seemingly disparate yet growing and vitally important area of legal practice and scholarship. A robust theory of compliance that seeks to better explain and predict...

This essay is the penultimate draft of Chapter 1 of a book that carries the working title Macroeconomics as Systems Theory: Emergence, Institutions, and Economic Process. This book examines the material of macroeconomic theory by looking through a different analytical window from what most...

It is obvious that the performance of construction competitiveness hinges on project delivery cost. Many approaches have been used to reduce the effect of the potential factors of cost overrun on project delivery cost. In this study, the system approach has been employed and validated. An...