Complexity Reference: compref69 (BibTex)

Authors: Casti,JL

Year: 1986

Title: On System Complexity: Identification, Measurement and Management

Book Title: Complexity Language and Life: Mathematical Approaches

Editors: Casti,J Karlquist,A

Publisher: Springer, Berlin, pages: 146-173

Comments: Empasises that complexity results from the inter-action between two systems (object system and observer). Suggests that to manage complex systems the design complexity = control complexity. Proposed model of complexity as the number of inequivalent descriptions that the observer can generate for the object system. Includes a useful commented bibliography.

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY, SYSTEMS, COMPLEXITY,

| Top | Authors | Journals | Years | Keywords | Search | New | Comments |


Bruce Edmonds, Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University