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Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity brings together a wide variety of application approaches to social systems from an engineering viewpoint. The book defines a social system as any complex system formed by human beings. Focus is given to the importance of systems intervention desig...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley series in computational and quantitative social science
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| Summary: |
Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity brings together a wide variety of application approaches to social systems from an engineering viewpoint. The book defines a social system as any complex system formed by human beings. Focus is given to the importance of systems intervention design for specific and singular settings, the possibilities of engineering thinking and methods, the use of computational models in particular contexts, and the development of portfolios of solutions. Furthermore, this book considers both technical, human and social perspectives, which are crucial to |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 294 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118974452 (hardback) : 111897445X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HM668 |
| CLC: | C912.3 |
| Call Number: | C912.3/S678-8 |
| Contents: | Introduction : The why, what and how of social systems engineering / César García-Díaz and Camilo Olaya -- Social systems engineering : the very idea. Compromised exactness and the rationality of engineering / Steven L. Goldman ; Uncertainty in the design and maintenance of social systems / William M. Bulleit ; System farming / Bruce Edmonds ; Policy between evolution and engineering / Martin F.G. Schaffernicht ; 'Friend' versus 'electronic friend' / Joseph C. Pitt -- Methodologies and tools. Interactive visualizations for supporting decision-making in complex socio-technical systems / Zh |