TY - BOOK ID - 4863108 TI - Dynamic Systems for Everyone : Understanding How Our World Works PY - 2015 SN - 9783319107356 3319107348 9783319107349 3319107356 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Engineering. KW - Job Careers in Science and Engineering. KW - Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory. KW - Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models. KW - Complexity. KW - Computer science. KW - Physics. KW - Vibration. KW - Operations research. KW - Ingénierie KW - Informatique KW - Physique KW - Vibration KW - Recherche opérationnelle KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Engineering - General KW - System theory KW - Data processing. KW - Management. KW - Systems, Theory of KW - Systems science KW - Decision making. KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Sociophysics. KW - Econophysics. KW - Complexity, Computational. KW - Engineering KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Dynamics. KW - Vocational guidance. KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - Informatics KW - Cycles KW - Mechanics KW - Sound KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Engineering—Vocational guidance. KW - Computational complexity. KW - Complexity, Computational KW - Electronic data processing KW - Machine theory KW - Economics KW - Statistical physics KW - Mathematical sociology KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Problem solving KW - Civilization and computers KW - Civilization KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mathematics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Physics KW - Statics KW - Statistical methods KW - Decision making UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4863108 AB - 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. · 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. . ER -