Kybernetes: Volume 36 Issue 5/6

Symbiosis and the viable system model

The purpose of this paper is to suggest symbiosis could be a metaphor for finding ways to help countries that are challenged to become economically and socially viable. Beer's…

Managing sustainable service improvements in manufacturing companies

The paper aims to provide a better understanding of how cognitive processes limit service improvements in typical product manufacturing companies.

Cybernetics of culture

The purpose of this paper is to argue that culture is our primeval management that has its roots the same desire for control that management does. The paper explores the…

Knowledge management: modeling the knowledge diffusion in community of practice

To propose a model which can demonstrate the knowledge diffusion phenomenon in the community of practice.

Service‐oriented architecture is a driver for daily decision support

This paper aims to explain why service‐oriented business intelligence (SOBI) happened, the new development and how to make a strategy to introduce daily decision support in the…

A viable systems perspective to knowledge management

To provide the knowledge structure for an effective knowledge‐based organization which integrates knowledge into organizational goals.

A flexible platform for mixed‐integer non‐linear programming problems

To propose a new algorithmic platform (minlp_machine) for complex mixed‐integer non‐linear programming (MINLP) problems.

Emerging innovative systems

This paper aims to review current research and developments with particular reference to emerging innovative management and information systems.

Newlook ASC, new WOSC address, machine translation

To discuss the announcement of plans for invigoration of the American Society for Cybernetics, with reference to that society's web site for details.

A stability theory for model systems

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a theoretical study of the stability of the mathematical models defined in a class of systems. Furthermore, it will be supposed that the…

A reliable technique for solving third‐order dispersion equations

Initial value problems for the one‐dimensional third‐order dispersion equations are investigated using the reliable Adomian decomposition method (ADM).

Reconciliation of perception of information granules and granular mappings

The purpose is to formulate and present algorithms of reconciliation of perception of information granules regarded as fuzzy sets. It also discussed a problem of a multi‐view…

Numerical solution of the Burgers' equation over geometrically graded mesh

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the numerical solution of the Burgers' equation is obtained using the methods of cubic B‐spline collocation and quadratic B‐spline…

Hierarchical system of natural grammars and the process of innovations exchange in polylingual fields

To define natural grammars with ways of mind activity in cybernetics (design and learning, innovating) technologies by mathematical symbol (image, scheme) of hierarchical systems.

Covering properties in intuitionistic fuzzy topological spaces

D.Çoker constructed the fundamental theory of intuitionistic fuzzy topological spaces. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new concept of compactness and a definition of…

A new look at the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle: A cybernetics and general dynamical systems approach

To develop a mathematical and algorithmic approach of avoiding the limitations of deterministically computing the values of energy, time, position and momentum imposed by…

Homomorphisms of fuzzy recognizers

The purpose of this research paper is to develop an algorithm/methodology for the reduction of a fuzzy recognizer through an algebraic concept such as homomorphism.

Systems view, emergence and complexity

To describe a view of parts of the world as assemblies with emergent properties constructed from related properties or objects, and the modelling of production of emergent…

Time‐splitting procedures for the solution of the two‐dimensional transport equation

The diffusion‐advection phenomena occur in many physical situations such as, the transport of heat in fluids, flow through porous media, the spread of contaminants in fluids and…

A simulation study of a new family of test statistics for the Behrens‐Fisher problem

To provide a new family of test statistics to solve the Behrens‐Fisher problem and to compare it with the classic test statistics through a different simulation studies.

Organizations as Complex Systems: An Introduction to Knowledge Cybernetics

Risk Management for IT Projects – How to Deal with Over 150 Issues and Risks

Thinking about Android Epistemology

Maths for the Mystified

Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design

Cybernetics tutorial

Object-Oriented Metrics in Practice: Using Software Metrics to Characterize, Evaluate, and Improve the Design of Object-Oriented Systems

Advanced Dynamic-system Simulation: Model-replication Techniques and Monte Carlo Simulations

Announcements

The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration

World Organisation Of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

XVI International Conference on Systems Science

Preface

Model-Driven Design Using Business Patterns

Conference reminder Sponsored by Ercim ECOOP '07-21st European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming

FCT2007-16th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory

Conference notes

PACT 2007 - 16th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques