In an increasingly complex society, surrounded by an ircreasingly complex technology, the
need for general guidelines for the modelling of such complex systems is obvious. One of …

From an engineering perspective, it is well known that there are numerous problems to
predict and control complex systems. In addition, there are also problems to understand the …

Complexity is nothing new to systems engineers and managers. The discipline of systems
engineering evolved to improve our ability to deal with scale, interdependency, and …

A lot of attention has been paid in these very last few years (I, a, 3, 4) to complexity in very
large systems-economics, management, social, political-and many evaluation procedure …

The aim of this paper is to consider primary attributes of complexity in situational contexts,
particularly within the scope of systems modelling and methodology, and to ascertain which …

The complexity of systems designed nowadays is such that computational power alone
cannot overcome the difficulties involved in planning, analysis, and decision making …

Due to the rapid increase in readily available computing power, a corre sponding increase
in the complexity of problems being tackled has occurred in the field of systems as a whole …

With ever-growing complexity of systems to be modeled, there is a strong need for a proper
theory of complexity, other than the algorithmic complexity known in computing. The problem …

The evolution of large artificial systems essentially underpins modern systems thinking and
the ideas on complexity. A key contribution of industrial engineering to this intellectual …

Introduction to Complexity Page 1 Introduction to Complexity Hans W. GOTIINGER Professor,
Institute of Management Science, University of Maastricht 0. Introduction and Summary The …