Introduction to the Handbook of Systems Sciences -- Historical Foundations -- Systems Modeling and Methodologies -- Complex Systems Modeling -- Management and Organizations -- Social Systems -- Design of Systems -- Ecological Systems -- Engineered Systems -- Systems Research and Education.

The primary purpose of this handbook is to describe current theories related to the systems sciences, and to support their use and practice. There are many ways in which systems sciences have been applied and interpreted. This handbook takes a multifaceted view of systems sciences, using...

In urban analytics, ‘crowding’ implies the spatiotemporal distributional unevenness of people’s stays and flows in middle-scale urban spaces, and has since become an emerging keyword, attracting not only practical interests but also research interests, especially in the current IoT devised...

Chapter 1. Simulation and Gaming as Instruments for Social Design -- Chapter 2. A Learning Process Analysis on Hypergames for Understanding Cognitive Conflict -- Chapter 3. Designing a Right-Conversion Game for Affordable Housing in Addis Ababa -- Chapter 4. Games to Change Perceptions of Social...

Part 1: General Systems Theory -- Chapter 1: Mesarovic-Takahara Time Systems under the Effect of Feedback Mechanism -- Chapter 2: Generalization of Law of Requisite Variety -- Chapter 3: Isomorphy of Subsystem and Component Subsystem of Input-Output System -- Chapter 4: Meta-Analysis of...

Part 1: Social/Organizational Theory and Application -- Chapter 1: Complex Systems and Postmodernism: A New Perspective for Society in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: A Retrospective on the University-Industry Innovation Nexus in Japan: Empirical Assessment of Coauthorship in the Light of New...

This book demonstrates how economics is used in cases of competition in Japan. Competition between firms is usually the most effective way of allocating economic resources and achieving consumer and producer welfare. At the same time, a balance must be struck; firms must not be over-regulated,...