… By condensing the vocabulary and providing precise definitions of often abstract concepts,
we hope to operationalize the study of the structure and behavior of complex systems. • Unit, …

… Descriptive models arefrequently used for representing complex systems, for visualizing
variables and relationships insuch systems. Predictivemodels (eg, a regression model) allow …

… ‘system’. In ordinary talk we constantly refer to complex chunks of the everyday world as
systems, … We speak of ‘the education system’, ‘health-care systems’, ‘the prison system ‘, etc. …

… difficult to represent the process of change associated with the social subsystem. In contrast,
it is often difficult to quantify stocks in the natural system … Methodological issues around data …

… have studied dynamics of complex systems by using established research methods such as
longitudinal qualitative case studies … and methodological tools of complexity science to study …

… , conceptual and methodological issues pertinent to studies of children and youth are
considered. Organizationally, the chapter begins with a selected overview of the study of youth and …

… intervention (TSI) by (Flood and Jackson 1991a, b) – a methodology for drawing different …
makes using system dynamics different from other approaches to studying complex systems is …

… practitioners as equal partners in our effort to address the complex problems that face us.
And we need it urgently. Methodological innovations are evident in this volume and are badly …

… primarily methodological; and my aim in this discussion is to raise two related groups of
logical questions concerning which I would very much like to receive instruction. The first group …

… accurate lung segmentation does not require complex methodology and that a proven deep-…
rather than methodological modifications; (2) current, publicly available study datasets do …