Overview
- Shows how system knowledge may be applied in many different areas without the need for deep mathematical knowledge
- Demonstrates how to model and simulate system behaviors on personal computers with readily available software packages
- Considers the various ways of optimizing system behavior
- Discusses the benefits of systems with highly distributed intelligence and the ways in which they may be modeled
- Considers how to incorporate discrete events and sequential steps in system dynamics
- Discusses the difference between holistic and reductionist world view
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a study of the interactions between different types of systems, their environment, and their subsystems. The author explains how basic systems principles are applied in engineered (mechanical, electromechanical, etc.) systems and then guides the reader to understand how the same principles can be applied to social, political, economic systems, as well as in everyday life. Readers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from the understanding of system behaviors and will be able to apply those principles in various contexts. The book includes many examples covering various types of systems. The treatment of the subject is non-mathematical, and the book considers some of the latest concepts in the systems discipline, such as agent-based systems, optimization, and discrete events and procedures.
Reviews
“Each chapter dealing with a particular type of system starts with a brief history review, which is good motivation for the reader and provides background context. … the book is a good starting text for some control engineers since it demonstrates how to model and simulate a system, how to incorporate discrete events and sequential steps in system dynamics, and at the end how to seek optimal system behavior.” (Alexander Tzanov, Computing Reviews, computingreviews.com, June, 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dynamic Systems for Everyone
Book Subtitle: Understanding How Our World Works
Authors: Asish Ghosh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10735-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10735-6Published: 06 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 239
Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Computers and Society, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building, Complexity