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Training Requirements for Collective Intelligence (CI) and Systems Thinking (ST) Facilitators

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this commentary paper, we address the issue of programme and module development for the purpose of clarifying training requirements for collective intelligence (CI) and systems thinking (ST) facilitators.
Michael J. Hogan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Generalized Fractional Calculus of Variations

open access: yes, 2013
We study incommensurate fractional variational problems in terms of a generalized fractional integral with Lagrangians depending on classical derivatives and generalized fractional integrals and derivatives.
Malinowska, Agnieszka B.   +2 more
core  

The cybernetics moment: or why we call our age the information age (kline, r.r.) [book review]

open access: yesIEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2019
As the first narrative to integrate the many dimensions of cybernetics into a single narrative, this book presents a new answer to this crucial question.
P. Collopy, Michael J. Baranay
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Control–Entropy Paradox: Modeling the Thermodynamic Limits of Environmental Governance

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental governance often seeks to reduce disorder, yet the energetic and material costs of control are overlooked. This article presents the Control–Entropy Paradox, developing a formal systems model and a conceptual extension of governance theory.
Sibongiseni B. Hlabisa
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling Regional Disparities: Exploring Cybersecurity Capabilities and Performance Through Systems Theory Approach

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between cybersecurity capabilities (CCs) and cybersecurity performance (CP) across diverse regional contexts, employing ordinary least squares (OLS) and random forest (RF) regression models. The research highlights how economic, political and cultural factors shape CCs and their impact on CP ...
Angélica Pigola   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nested Selves: Self‐Organization and Shared Markov Blankets in Prenatal Development in Humans

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The immune system is a central component of organismic function in humans. This paper addresses self‐organization of biological systems in relation to—and nested within—other biological systems in pregnancy. Pregnancy constitutes a fundamental state for human embodiment and a key step in the evolution and conservation of our species. While not
Anna Ciaunica   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

University 4.4 – A Development Strategy for Education and Research Centers [PDF]

open access: yes
Due to increased demand for qualified human resources, for 'new & rare skills', for software solutions, reliable products and services in the field of applied informatics, there are large available financial funds that can be accessed by Informatics and ...
Catalin BOJA, Cristian TOMA
core  

The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

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