Kybernetes: Volume 36 Issue 3/4
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents - Special Issue: Management Science: Current Researches and Developments – Part I
The RISCOM model: dialogues and requisite organisation
Raul EspejoThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the issue of transparency in policy‐making processes.
Optimal structures for social systems
Markus SchwaningerThis paper seeks to propose an innovative approach to the assessment of the effectiveness of organizational structures.
Requisite holism – precondition of reliable business information
Matjaz Mulej, Vojko PotocanThis paper aims to suggest a new way toward reliability of contents of business information, on which quality of business critically depends. Contribution considers two problems…
Beyond hierarchy: a complexity management perspective
A. Espinosa, R. Harnden, J. WalkerThis paper aims to contribute to current research on complexity management by re‐visiting Beer's paradigm on control and self‐organization and explaining its usefulness to support…
Technology learning systems as non‐trivial machines
Clas‐Otto WeneConsidering the technology learning system as a non‐trivial machine, this paper seeks to take a first step to ground experience and learning curves in cybernetic theory.
Rethinking research management in Colombia
Roberto Zarama, Alfonso Reyes, Eduardo Aldana, Jorge Villalobos, Juan C. Bohorquez, Juan P. Calderón, Alonso Botero, Nelson L. Lammoglia, José L. Villaveces, Luis Pinzón, Ricardo Bonilla, Andrés Mejía, José Bermeo, Isaac Dyner, Neil F. Johnson, Juan A. ValdiviaThis paper seeks to present a proposal to change the form in which knowledge is produced in Colombia.
From sociohistory to psychohistory
M.I. YollesThis study seeks to postulate a theory of psychohistory as a “think‐piece”. It develops from some earlier theoretical work on sociohistory that can model cultures that are…
Fostering innovation by unlearning tacit knowledge
Miroslav Rebernik, Karin ŠirecThe aim of this paper is to investigate the problems of managing tacit knowledge and the importance of unlearning it. As the main problem of managing tacit knowledge lies in the…
From management science to sociology: Cybernetics, finalization and the possibility of a social science
Paul A. StokesThis paper seeks to argue that sociology is in need of reconstruction on a theoretical and conceptual foundation of cybernetics, specifically, managerial cybernetics and to show…
Stafford Beer's contribution to management science – renewal and development
Denis Adams, Doug HaynesThis paper sets out to draw on the insights of “Stafford Beer, the whole man” as portrayed within the Stafford Beer Archive at Liverpool John Moores University.
Smart systems and environments
Brian H. Rudall, C.J.H. MannThis paper aims to review current research and developments with particular reference to smart systems and environments.
Global warming and nuclear power
Alex M. AndrewThis paper seeks to give a review of reasons for believing that the problem of global warming is more urgent than widely assumed, largely following the lead of a recent book by…
A systemic theory of orbits in ecological networks
M. Lloret‐Climent, P.F. Esteve‐CalvoThis paper seeks to analyze ecological networks from a different viewpoint, using the concepts of orbits, coverage, invariant sets, etc.
AXSYS: an intelligent system for e‐learning
Frank RickettThe paper seeks to explore the issues surrounding the deployment of expert systems technologies in a contemporary online educational environment.
Systemic yoyo model and applications in Newton's, Kepler's laws, and others
Yi LinThis paper aims to show that systemic methods and thinking can be used to develop useful tools to address problems open in traditional science, such as Newtonian physics…
Boosting human‐level AI with videogames: Mad University
Francisco Gallego, Faraón Llorens, Mar Pujol, Ramón RizoThe main intention of this paper is to state the benefits of using online videogames as a research environment, where AI algorithms are improved by means of learning from…
Hyperbox classifiers for arrhythmia classification
Giovanni Bortolan, Witold PedryczThis paper sets out to design hyperbox classifiers of high interpretation capabilities. They are based on a collection of hyperboxes – generic and highly interpretable geometric…
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- Prof. Dr. Gandolfo Dominici