Managing Complexity: Insights, Concepts, Applications (understanding Complex Systems)

Each chapter in **Managing Complexity** focuses on analyzing real-world complex systems and transferring knowledge from the complex-systems sciences to applications in business, industry and society. The interdisciplinary contributions range from markets and production through logistics, traffic control, and critical infrastructures, up to network design, information systems, social conflicts and building consensus. They serve to raise readers' awareness concerning the often counter-intuitive behavior of complex systems and to help them integrate insights gained in complexity research into everyday planning, decision making, strategic optimization, and policy. Intended for a broad readership, the contributions have been kept largely non-technical and address a general, scientifically literate audience involved in corporate, academic, and public institutions. The Essays And Lectures Collected In This Book Center Around Knowledge Transfer From The Complex-system Sciences To Applications In Business, Industry And Society, As Viewed From A Broad Perspective. The Contributions Aim To Raise Awareness Across The Spectrum To Meet The Increasing Need To Integrate Lessons From Complexity Research Into Everyday Planning, Decision Making, Logistics Or Optimization Procedures And Forecasting. The Writing Has Been Largely Kept Non-technical. front-matter 1 fulltext01 10 fulltext02 26 fulltext03 44 fulltext04 64 fulltext05 95 fulltext06 123 fulltext07 141 fulltext08 180 fulltext09 201 fulltext10 217 fulltext11 238 fulltext12 258 fulltext13 268 fulltext14 296 fulltext15 314 fulltext16 328 fulltext17 342 fulltext18 360 back-matter 380