Overview
- Dispels the mysteries of systems analysis by holistically explaining the philosophies, methodologies, and intentions
- Includes plenty of figures but no mathematical formulas, aimed at providing a conceptual understanding to beginning students and interested professionals new to studying systems
- Develops a powerful capability to see the hidden behaviors and unexplained consequences in the world around us
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 72)
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About this book
Our world is composed of systems within systems—the machines we build, the information we share, the organizations we form, and elements of nature that surround us. Therefore, nearly every field of study and practice embodies behaviors stemming from system dynamics. Yet the study of systems has remained somewhat fragmented based on philosophies, methodologies, and intentions. Many methodologies for analyzing complex systems extend far beyond the traditional framework of deduction evaluation and may, thus, appear mysterious to the uninitiated.
This book seeks to dispel the mysteries of systems analysis by holistically explaining the philosophies, methodologies, and intentions in the context of understanding how all types of systems in our world form and how these systems break. This presentation is made at the level of conceptual understanding, with plenty of figures but no mathematical formulas, for the beginning student and interested readers new to studying systems. Through the conceptual understanding provided, students are given a powerful capability to see the hidden behaviors and unexplained consequences in the world around us.
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Book Title: How Systems Form and How Systems Break
Book Subtitle: A Beginner’s Guide for Studying the World
Authors: Chiang H. Ren
Series Title: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44030-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44029-3Published: 16 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82964-7Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44030-9Published: 04 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2198-4182
Series E-ISSN: 2198-4190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 179
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Complexity, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Complex Systems, Systems Theory, Control, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems