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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: McDaniel, Reuben R. (Editor), Driebe, Dean J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Physics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Vibration.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Applications of Mathematics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.