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...

Behind every merger and acquisition are the organization's employees. This text uses concepts, theory and examples drawn from the authors' experience as consultants and executives to offer step-by-step guidance through the stages common to all corporate combinations

1 Creating Social Systems (Gary S. Metcalf) -- 2 An Epic Learning Journey: From the Club of Rome to Dialogic Design Science and DEMOSOPHIA (Alexander N. Christakis) -- 3 Cybernetics of Governance: The Cybersyn Project 1971–1973 (Raul Espejo) -- 4 Systemic Design Principles for Complex Social...

Chapter1. An Introduction to Industry 5.0: History, Foundations, and Futures -- Chapter 2. The Complexity of Sustainable Innovation, Transitional Impacts of Industry 4.0 to 5.0 for our Societies: Circular society exploring the systemic nexus of socioeconomic transitions -- Chapter 3. Coping with...

In agent-based modeling the focus is very much on agent-based simulation, as simulation is a very important tool for agent-based modeling. We also use agent-based simulation in this book with a stress on the mathematical foundation of agent-based modeling. We introduce two original mathematical...

Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emerging field that uses bottom-up and experimental analysis in the social sciences. Selected research from that presented at the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004, held in May 2004 in Kyoto,...

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...