A complexity approach to sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : theory and application / / Angela Espinosa, Jon Walker |
Autore | Espinosa Salazar Angela Ma (Angela María) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9/27 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WalkerJon |
Collana | World scientific series on complexity science |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Environmental management System analysis |
ISBN |
1-283-23452-1
9786613234520 1-84816-529-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Index of Figures; Index of Tables; 1 Introducing Complexity and Sustainability; 1.1. WHY WE NEED A NEW APPROACH; 1.2. THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM; 1.3. SUSTAINABILITY; 1.4. CONCEPTUAL PLATFORM: SYSTEMS,CYBERNETICS AND COMPLEXITY; 1.4.1. Systems; 1.4.2. Cybernetics; 1.4.3. Complex Systems; 1.5. SUSTAINABILITY: A REVIEW FROM SYSTEMIC AND COMPLEXITY APPROACHES; 1.5.1. Holistic and Ecological Thinking; 1.5.2. A Systemic Approach to Sustainability; 1.5.3. Revisiting the Idea of Sustainability from a Complexity Approach
1.5.4. Sustainability and Governance 1.6. SUMMARY; 2 Viability through Complexity Management: Revisiting the Viable Systems Model; 2.1. THE CONCEPTUAL PLATFORM; 2.1.1 Inspiration; 2.1.2. Models and Observers; 2.1.3 Co-evolution: Organisms in their Niche; 2.1.4. Recursion: Systems within Systems within Systems; 2.1.5. Variety, Requisite Variety and Variety Engineering; 2.2. OVERVIEW: THREE ELEMENTS, FIVE SYSTEMS; 2.2.1. The Three Elements: Environment, Operation and Meta-system; 2.2.2. The Three Elements as a Homeostatic System; 2.2.3. The Five Systems: Physiological Inspiration 2.2.4. Diagrammatic Representation 2.3. THE FIVE SYSTEMS; 2.3.1. System 1; 2.3.2. System 2; 2.3.3. System 3; 2.3.4. System 3*; 2.3.5. System 4; 2.3.6. System 5; 2.4. VIABILITY THROUGH COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT; 2.4.1. Review: Operation, Meta-system and Environment; 2.4.2. An Example: An Individual as a Viable System; 2.4.3. Variety Engineering: Vertical and Horizontal Axes; 2.4.4. Meta-systemic Management; 2.4.5. Homeostasis and Self-regulation; 2.4.6. Real-time Management; 2.5. MANAGING COMPLEXITY IN THE 3/4/5 HOMEOSTAT: TEAM SYNTEGRITY 2.6. VIABLE SYSTEMS, COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY 2.7. SUMMARY; 3 Societies as Viable Systems: Complexity Management and Sustainability; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. MODELLING A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; 3.2.1. First: Co-evolution with the Environment; 3.2.2. Second: Autonomy and Cohesion; 3.2.3. Third: Recursive Governance; 3.3. VSM CRITERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE; 3.4. APPROACHES, METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS; 3.4.1. Our Approach to Facilitate Organisational Transformations; 3.4.2. VSM Methodologies and Applications; 3.4.3. A Framework to Facilitate Organisational Self-Transformation 3.4.4. Team Syntegrity - Methodology and Applications 3.5. MANAGING COMPLEXITY IN A NATION STATE; 3.5.1. Modelling the Nation State: A Colombian Case Study (1998); 3.5.2. Modelling the Social Economy: The Cybersyn Project(1972, 1973); 3.5.3. Case Study: The Gorgona Syntegration (Colombia, 1996); 3.6. LESSONS FOR MODELLING SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES; 3.7. CONCLUSION; 4 Complexity and Environmental Management; 4.1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: ORIGINS,DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT; 4.1.1. Environmental Management Origins; 4.1.2. Environmental Management Development 4.1.3. Environmental Management Application |
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Espinosa Salazar Angela Ma (Angela María) | ||
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Complexity theory and the management of networks : proceedings of the Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge, University of Lecce, Italy 2001 / editors, Pierpaolo Andriani, Giuseppina Passiante |
Autore | Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge (2001 : University of Lecce) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 171 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 658.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Andriani, Pierpaolo
Passiante, Giuseppina |
Soggetto topico |
Business networks - Congresses
Knowledge management - Congresses |
ISBN | 1860944604 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002300019707536 |
Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge (2001 : University of Lecce) | ||
London : Imperial College Press, c2004 | ||
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Complexity theory and the management of networks [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge, University of Lecce, Italy 2001 / / editors, Pierpaolo Andriani, Giuseppina Passiante |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.3124 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndrianiPierpaolo
PassianteGiuseppina |
Soggetto topico |
Business networks
Knowledge management |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-83749-7
9786610837496 1-86094-733-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; Structure of the Book; Guide to Reading; Introduction; Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante; Part 1: Complexity Theory; A Framework for Understanding Complex Systems Paul Cilliers; BizSim: The World of Business - In a Box John L. Casti; Part 2: Management and Leadership in the Network Economy; "Simple Rules" for Improving Corporate IQ: Basic Lessons from Complexity Science Bill McKelvey; Exploring New Business Innovation Leadership Paradigms Aldo Romano
New Economy, Complexity and Management Enzo BadalottiComplexity Science on Coevolving Business with Rapid Change Susanne Kelly; A Complexity and Darwinian Approach to Management with Failure Avoidance as the Key Tool Ron Willis; Treasury Operations in a Multi-National Oil Company: Dialogue on the Methodology of Using Natural Experiments in Complex Evolving Systems Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe; An Incubator of Business Innovation Leadership: The eBMS Experiment Giuseppina Passiante; The "Virtualness" Strategy of the e-Business Management School Valerio Elia Part 3: The Management of NetworksComplexity in The Next Economy Robin Wood; A Post Industrial Network Organisation Richard Hall; Careers, Communities, and Complexity Theory Michael B. Arthur, Robert J. DeFillippi and Valerie J. Lindsay; Developing New Products by Community of Developers in the Wireless Industry Chris Russell |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451083403321 |
London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 | ||
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Complexity theory and the management of networks [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge, University of Lecce, Italy 2001 / / editors, Pierpaolo Andriani, Giuseppina Passiante |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.3124 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndrianiPierpaolo
PassianteGiuseppina |
Soggetto topico |
Business networks
Knowledge management |
ISBN |
1-280-83749-7
9786610837496 1-86094-733-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; Structure of the Book; Guide to Reading; Introduction; Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante; Part 1: Complexity Theory; A Framework for Understanding Complex Systems Paul Cilliers; BizSim: The World of Business - In a Box John L. Casti; Part 2: Management and Leadership in the Network Economy; "Simple Rules" for Improving Corporate IQ: Basic Lessons from Complexity Science Bill McKelvey; Exploring New Business Innovation Leadership Paradigms Aldo Romano
New Economy, Complexity and Management Enzo BadalottiComplexity Science on Coevolving Business with Rapid Change Susanne Kelly; A Complexity and Darwinian Approach to Management with Failure Avoidance as the Key Tool Ron Willis; Treasury Operations in a Multi-National Oil Company: Dialogue on the Methodology of Using Natural Experiments in Complex Evolving Systems Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe; An Incubator of Business Innovation Leadership: The eBMS Experiment Giuseppina Passiante; The "Virtualness" Strategy of the e-Business Management School Valerio Elia Part 3: The Management of NetworksComplexity in The Next Economy Robin Wood; A Post Industrial Network Organisation Richard Hall; Careers, Communities, and Complexity Theory Michael B. Arthur, Robert J. DeFillippi and Valerie J. Lindsay; Developing New Products by Community of Developers in the Wireless Industry Chris Russell |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784015003321 |
London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Complexity theory and the management of networks [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge, University of Lecce, Italy 2001 / / editors, Pierpaolo Andriani, Giuseppina Passiante |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.3124 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndrianiPierpaolo
PassianteGiuseppina |
Soggetto topico |
Business networks
Knowledge management |
ISBN |
1-280-83749-7
9786610837496 1-86094-733-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; Structure of the Book; Guide to Reading; Introduction; Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante; Part 1: Complexity Theory; A Framework for Understanding Complex Systems Paul Cilliers; BizSim: The World of Business - In a Box John L. Casti; Part 2: Management and Leadership in the Network Economy; "Simple Rules" for Improving Corporate IQ: Basic Lessons from Complexity Science Bill McKelvey; Exploring New Business Innovation Leadership Paradigms Aldo Romano
New Economy, Complexity and Management Enzo BadalottiComplexity Science on Coevolving Business with Rapid Change Susanne Kelly; A Complexity and Darwinian Approach to Management with Failure Avoidance as the Key Tool Ron Willis; Treasury Operations in a Multi-National Oil Company: Dialogue on the Methodology of Using Natural Experiments in Complex Evolving Systems Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe; An Incubator of Business Innovation Leadership: The eBMS Experiment Giuseppina Passiante; The "Virtualness" Strategy of the e-Business Management School Valerio Elia Part 3: The Management of NetworksComplexity in The Next Economy Robin Wood; A Post Industrial Network Organisation Richard Hall; Careers, Communities, and Complexity Theory Michael B. Arthur, Robert J. DeFillippi and Valerie J. Lindsay; Developing New Products by Community of Developers in the Wireless Industry Chris Russell |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816939603321 |
London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computability in context : computation and logic in the real world / editors S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Imperial College Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 410 p. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto non controllato |
Logica
Ricorsività |
ISBN |
978-1-84816-245-7
1-84816-245-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990009412370403321 |
London : Imperial College Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Computability in context [[electronic resource] ] : computation and logic in the real world / / editors, S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.3/52 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CooperS. B (S. Barry)
SorbiAndrea <1956-> |
Soggetto topico |
Computable functions
Computational intelligence Set theory Mathematics - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-14816-1
9786613148162 1-84816-277-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; 1. Computation, Information, and the Arrow of Time P. Adriaans & P. van Emde Boas; 2. The Isomorphism Conjecture for NP M. Agrawal; 3. The Ershov Hierarchy M. M. Arslanov; 4. Complexity and Approximation in Reoptimization G. Ausiello, V. Bonifaci, & B. Escoffer; 5. Definability in the Real Universe S. B. Cooper; 6. HF-Computability Y. L. Ershov, V. G. Puzarenko, & A. I. Stukachev; 7. The Mathematics of Computing between Logic and Physics G. Longo & T. Paul; 8. Liquid State Machines: Motivation, Theory, and Applications W. Maass
9. Experiments on an Internal Approach to Typed Algorithms in Analysis D. Normann10. Recursive Functions: An Archeological Look P. Odifreddi; 11. Reverse Mathematics and Well-ordering Principles M. Rathjen & A. Weiermann; 12. Discrete Transfinite Computation Models P. D. Welch |
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London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computability in context [[electronic resource] ] : computation and logic in the real world / / editors, S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.3/52 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CooperS. B (S. Barry)
SorbiAndrea <1956-> |
Soggetto topico |
Computable functions
Computational intelligence Set theory Mathematics - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-14816-1
9786613148162 1-84816-277-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; 1. Computation, Information, and the Arrow of Time P. Adriaans & P. van Emde Boas; 2. The Isomorphism Conjecture for NP M. Agrawal; 3. The Ershov Hierarchy M. M. Arslanov; 4. Complexity and Approximation in Reoptimization G. Ausiello, V. Bonifaci, & B. Escoffer; 5. Definability in the Real Universe S. B. Cooper; 6. HF-Computability Y. L. Ershov, V. G. Puzarenko, & A. I. Stukachev; 7. The Mathematics of Computing between Logic and Physics G. Longo & T. Paul; 8. Liquid State Machines: Motivation, Theory, and Applications W. Maass
9. Experiments on an Internal Approach to Typed Algorithms in Analysis D. Normann10. Recursive Functions: An Archeological Look P. Odifreddi; 11. Reverse Mathematics and Well-ordering Principles M. Rathjen & A. Weiermann; 12. Discrete Transfinite Computation Models P. D. Welch |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789411903321 |
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computability in context [[electronic resource] ] : computation and logic in the real world / / editors, S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.3/52 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CooperS. B (S. Barry)
SorbiAndrea <1956-> |
Soggetto topico |
Computable functions
Computational intelligence Set theory Mathematics - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-14816-1
9786613148162 1-84816-277-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; 1. Computation, Information, and the Arrow of Time P. Adriaans & P. van Emde Boas; 2. The Isomorphism Conjecture for NP M. Agrawal; 3. The Ershov Hierarchy M. M. Arslanov; 4. Complexity and Approximation in Reoptimization G. Ausiello, V. Bonifaci, & B. Escoffer; 5. Definability in the Real Universe S. B. Cooper; 6. HF-Computability Y. L. Ershov, V. G. Puzarenko, & A. I. Stukachev; 7. The Mathematics of Computing between Logic and Physics G. Longo & T. Paul; 8. Liquid State Machines: Motivation, Theory, and Applications W. Maass
9. Experiments on an Internal Approach to Typed Algorithms in Analysis D. Normann10. Recursive Functions: An Archeological Look P. Odifreddi; 11. Reverse Mathematics and Well-ordering Principles M. Rathjen & A. Weiermann; 12. Discrete Transfinite Computation Models P. D. Welch |
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Computational bioengineering [[electronic resource] ] : current trends and applications / / editors, M. Cerrolaza ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.28 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CerrolazaM |
Soggetto topico |
Bioengineering - Computer simulation
Computational biology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-86646-6
9786611866464 1-86094-540-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Computational Bioengineering: Current Trends and Applications; Preface; CONTENTS; The Living Human Project: The Grand Challenge of European Biomechanics? Marco Viceconti, Fulvia Taddei, Alessandro Chiarini, Alberto Leardini and Debora Testi; Use of Explicit FE in the Pre-clinical Testing of Total Knee Replacement Mark Taylor, Rachel Tan, Jason Halloran and Paul Rullkoetter; The Plumbing of Long Bones S. C. Cowin; An Analysis of the Performance of Meshless Methods in Biomechanics M. Doblare, E. Cueto, B. Calvo, M. A . Martinez, J . M. Garcia and E. Pena
Assessment of Plaque Stability Based on High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Atherosclerotic Lesions and Computational Mechanical Analysis Christian A . J. Schulze-Bauer, Michael StadleComputational Mechanobiology P. J. Prendergast; Optimization Models in the Simulation of the Bone Adaptation Process H. Rodrigues and P. R. Fernandes; Analysis of Blood Flow in Arteries by Means of Hagen - Poiseuille's Model J . Wojnarowski Thermomechanics of Bone-Implant Interfaces after Cemented Joint Arthroplasty: Theoretical Models and Computational Aspects L. R. Rakotomanana and N. A. RamanirakaAnalysis of Transient Blood Flow Passing through Mechanical Heart Valves by Lattice Boltzmann Methods O. Pelliccioni, M. Cerrolaza and M. Herrera |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450173103321 |
London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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