Managing complexity:

The thesis of this book is that complexity of the environment in which we work and live offers new opportunities and that the best strategy for surviving and prospering under conditions of complexity is to develop adaptability to perpetually changing conditions. An effective method for designing ada...

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Beteiligte Personen: Rzevski, George 1932- (VerfasserIn), Skobelev, Petr (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Southampton [u.a.] Wit Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:The thesis of this book is that complexity of the environment in which we work and live offers new opportunities and that the best strategy for surviving and prospering under conditions of complexity is to develop adaptability to perpetually changing conditions. An effective method for designing adaptability into business processes using multi-agent technology is presented and illustrated by several examples, including adaptive, real-time scheduling of taxis, seagoing tankers, supply chains, and production processes. Additional case studies include adaptive servicing of the International Space Station, dynamic data mining, and distributed semantic processing
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographic references and index
Umfang:198 S. Ill., graf. Darst. 24 cm
ISBN:1845649362
9781845649364