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Uncertainty and Surprise in Complex Systems Questions on Working with the Unexpected /

Complexity science has been a source of new insight in physical and social systems and has demonstrated that unpredictability and surprise are fundamental aspects of the world around us. This book is the outcome of a discussion meeting of leading scholars and critical thinkers with expertise in comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: McDaniel, Reuben R. (Editor ), Driebe, Dean J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Understanding Complex Systems,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Uncertainty and Surprise: An Introduction
  • Understanding Social and Economic Systems as Evolutionary Complex Systems
  • Managing the Unexpected
  • Surprises in Half of a Century
  • An Integrated View of Uncertainty and Surprise
  • Fundamental 'Uncertainty' in Science
  • The Complementary Nature of Coordination Dynamics: Self-Organization and the Creation of Information
  • The tyranny of Many Dimensionless Constants: A Constraint on Knowability
  • View for the Inside: The Task of Managing Uncertainty and Surprise
  • Chaos
  • The Social Construction of Uncertainty in Healthcare Delivery
  • Primary Care Practice: Uncertainty and Surprise
  • Medical Errors and Microsystems: The Best Things Cannot be Told
  • Organization and Leadership in Hospitals
  • Fundamental Uncertainty in Business: Real Options
  • Approaching the Unknown in Appalachia
  • Uncertainty and Certainty
  • Uncertainty and Surprise: Ideas from the Open Discussion.