Complexity and Emergence in Engineering Systems Export

@incollection{chen09Review, abstract = {The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the key concepts of complexity and emergence, and to give an overview of the state of the art techniques used to study and engineer systems to exhibit particular emergent properties. We include theories both from complex systems engineering and from the physical sciences. Unlike most reviews, which usually focus solely on one of these, we wish to analyse the ways in which they relate to one another, as well as how they differ, since there is often a lack of clarity on this.}, author = {Chen, Chih-Chun and Nagl, Sylvia and Clack, Christopher}, citeulike-article-id = {5996784}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88075-2_5}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/a2579x7252102644}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-88075-2_5}, journal = {Complex Systems in Knowledge-based Environments: Theory, Models and Applications}, keywords = {complex\_systems, complexity, emergence}, pages = {99--128}, posted-at = {2009-10-23 08:45:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Complexity and Emergence in Engineering Systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88075-2_5}, year = {2009} }

TY - CHAP ID - chen09Review L3 - citeulike-article-id:5996784 N2 - The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the key concepts of complexity and emergence, and to give an overview of the state of the art techniques used to study and engineer systems to exhibit particular emergent properties. We include theories both from complex systems engineering and from the physical sciences. Unlike most reviews, which usually focus solely on one of these, we wish to analyse the ways in which they relate to one another, as well as how they differ, since there is often a lack of clarity on this. JF - Complex Systems in Knowledge-based Environments: Theory, Models and Applications EP - 128 TI - Complexity and Emergence in Engineering Systems SP - 99 KW - complex_systems KW - complexity KW - emergence AU - Chen, Chih-Chun AU - Nagl, Sylvia AU - Clack, Christopher PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88075-2_5 ER -