Screen LibraryModeling and visualization of complex systems and enterprises : explorations of physical, human, economic, and social phenomena /
Explains multi-level models of enterprise systems and covers modeling methodology This book addresses the essential phenomena underlying the overall behaviors of complex systems and enterprises. Understanding these phenomena can enable improving these systems. These phenomena range from physical, be...
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Wiley,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stevens Institute series on complex systems and enterprises
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118982747 |
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Explains multi-level models of enterprise systems and covers modeling methodology This book addresses the essential phenomena underlying the overall behaviors of complex systems and enterprises. Understanding these phenomena can enable improving these systems. These phenomena range from physical, behavioral, and organizational, to economic and social, all of which involve significant human components. Specific phenomena of interest and how they are represented depend on the questions of interest and the relevant domains or contexts. Modeling and Visualization of Complex Systems and Enterpris |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118959633 (Adobe PDF) 1118959639 (Adobe PDF) 9781118959640 (ePub) 1118959647 (ePub) 9781118982747 1118982746 1118954130 9781118954133 |
| Index Number: | Q295 |
| CLC: | N94 |
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Series; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVES; COMPLEXITY AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPLEX VERSUS COMPLICATED SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS PRACTICE; PHENOMENA AS THE STARTING POINT; OVEVIEW OF BOOK; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2: OVERALL METHODOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEM ARCHETYPES; METHODOLOGY; AN EXAMPLE; SUPPORTING THE METHODOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3: PERSPECTIVES ON PHENOMENA; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES; TAXONOMY OF PHENOMENA; VISUALIZING PHENOMENA; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES CHAPTER 4: PHYSICAL PHENOMENAINTRODUCTION; NATURAL PHENOMENA; DESIGNED PHENOMENA; DETERRING OR IDENTIFYING COUNTERFEIT PARTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5: HUMAN PHENOMENA; DESCRIPTIVE VERSUS PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES; MODELS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC CONTROL VIA CONGESTION PRICING; MENTAL MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC PHENOMENA; INTRODUCTION; MICROECONOMICS; MACROECONOMICS; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL PHENOMENA; INTRODUCTION; PHYSICS-BASED FORMULATIONS NETWORK THEORYGAME THEORY; SIMULATION; URBAN RESILIENCE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8: VISUALIZATION OF PHENOMENA; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN VISION AS A PHENOMENON; BASICS OF VISUALIZATION; PURPOSES OF VISUALIZATIONS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; EXAMPLE -- BIG GRAPHICS AND LITTLE SCREENS; VISUALIZATION TOOLS; IMMERSION LAB; POLICY FLIGHT SIMULATORS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND TOOLS; INTRODUCTION; MODELING PARADIGMS; LEVELS OF MODELING; REPRESENTATION TO COMPUTATION; MODEL COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES CHAPTER 10: PERSPECTIVES ON PROBLEM SOLVINGINTRODUCTION; WHAT IS? VERSUS WHAT IF?; CASE STUDIES; OBSERVATIONS ON PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH ISSUES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Index; End User License Agreement |