This study investigates customers' trust and behavioural intentions regarding the use of cybernetic payment network services in an emerging country, focusing on perceived quality, system quality, and perceived image. Data from 324 respondents in Bangladesh were collected via a self-administered...

In a world shaped by interconnected systems and global challenges, this third and final volume of the trilogy explores how digital technologies can foster ethical engagement at the societal level. Grounded in design science and fuzzy logic, it investigates how scalable, sustainable frameworks...

As organizations strive to balance innovation with accountability, this second volume in a trilogy on fuzzy systems and digital ethics examines how ethical and sustainable practices can be operationalized at the institutional level. Through the lens of design science and fuzzy logic, it...

In an era where digital transformation demands ethical foresight and human-centered design, this first volume of a comprehensive trilogy explores how individuals can navigate complexity through responsible technological engagement. By integrating design science research with fuzzy systems...

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Cybernetic leadership for sustainable innovation explores the role of AI and automation in augmenting decision-making and ethical governance. This book bridges the gap between abstract leadership theories and the real-world challenges faced by organizations grappling with digital disruption, AI...

The massive explosion of literature, theory, and methods on all aspects of decision-analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, over the past 20 or so years has brought a rapid specialization in each of the substrata of the fields that are using them. The sharp focus on empirical...

In the 1950s, Jacques Rueff’s references to social order seem pretty clear: it is not a spontaneous phenomena. Although Rueff is generally seen as a liberal economist, this has prompted commentators to see in his approach something more artificial than Hayek’s own ideas on social order....

In this article we argue that the disruptive social implications of skill-replacing technological innovations are determined neither by human characteristics, such as “low skills” or “low cognition,” nor by task characteristics, such as “routine,” as it is typically assumed in the...

In the 1950s, Jacques Rueff's references to social order seem pretty clear: it is not a spontaneous phenomena. Although Rueff is generally seen as a liberal economist, this has prompted commentators to see in his approach something more artificial than Hayek's own ideas on social order. Hayek...

"Wir sind umgeben von einer Vielzahl an Informationsströmen, die uns selbstverständlich erscheinen. Um diese digitalen Kulturen zu beschreiben, entwickeln medienwissenschaftliche Arbeiten Theorien einer Welt im Fluss. Dabei erliegen ihre Diagnosen oftmals einem Technikfetisch und...

"This book offers a conceptual interrogation of how capital navigates its environment in today's cybernetic capitalism. Offering an immanent perspective, the book develops a unique synthesis of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and Frankfurt School-style critical theory: a critical systems theory....

Chapter 1. Multi-horizon MPC and Its Application to theIntegrated Power and Thermal Management ofElectrified Vehicles (Qiuhao Hu) -- Chapter 2. Data/Moment-Driven Approaches for FastPredictive Control of Collective Dynamics (Giacomo Albi) -- Chapter 3. Finite-Dimensional Receding Horizon...

Autonomous weapon systems (AWS) highlight not only the weapon but also the notions of systems and autonomy. These systems can be evaluated using the viable system model (VSM). However, an AWS draws attention to another issue, that of values, in other words, ethical use of AWS. This pertains to...

Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) is gaining popularity and traction because of the popularity and performance of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to deep learning (DL) and large language models (LLM). These advancements present...

We propose in this paper that research methods drawn from three separate literature streams – industry evolution, the viable systems model, and system of systems analysis – can be combined to perform industry cybernetics analysis of technology-focused industries. The empirical example we...

A model of production funds acquisition, which includes two differential links of the zero order and two series-connected inertial links, is considered in a one-sector economy. Zero-order differential links correspond to the equations of the Ramsey model. These equations contain scalar bounded...

Metacybernetics refers to the higher cybernetic orders that arise in living system agencies. Agencies are complex, and for them to be viable and hence survive, they require both stability and uncertainty reduction. Metacybernetics is defined through a metasystem hierarchy, and is mostly known...

Beginning in the 1940s, the work of several groups of scientists began to coalesce around a set of ideas which represented a departure from standard scientific thought at the time (this departure from classical science continues today). Foremost on the list of these ideas is the role that...

CAR T-cell immunotherapy is a new development in the treatment of leukemia, promising a new era in oncology. Although so far, this procedure only helps 50-90% of patients and, like other cancer treatments, has serious side effects. In this work, we have proposed a controlled model for leukemia...

The literature associated with system modeling and decision-making falls short in automating policy formation for correlated multiple-policy multiple-objective (MPMO) processes. Enthused by the effectiveness of multivariable control theory, this paper proposes the implementation of a...

Speaking of "smart" technologies we may avoid the mysticism of terms like "artificial intelligence" (AI). To situate "smartness" I nevertheless explore the origins of smart technologies in the research domains of AI and cybernetics. Based in postphenomenological philosophy of technology and...

Speaking of "smart" technologies we may avoid the mysticism of terms like "artificial intelligence" (AI). To situate "smartness" I nevertheless explore the origins of smart technologies in the research domains of AI and cybernetics. Based in postphenomenological philosophy of technology and...

State of the art in Grey Systems Research in Economics and Social Sciences -- Grey Relational Analysis in Companies’ Diagnosis -- Grey Models for Decision-Making Problem -- Risk Assessment using Grey Systems Theory -- Suppliers Selection and Optimal Resources Allocation using Grey-based Models...

"Wir sind umgeben von einer Vielzahl an Informationsströmen, die uns selbstverständlich erscheinen. Um diese digitalen Kulturen zu beschreiben, entwickeln medienwissenschaftliche Arbeiten Theorien einer Welt im Fluss. Dabei erliegen ihre Diagnosen oftmals einem Technikfetisch und...