Kybernetes: Volume 40 Issue 5/6

The Creation of Reality: A Constructivist Epistemology of Journalism and Journalism Education© D.M. Hutton

Organisations as emergent normative personalities: part 1, the concepts

Modelling the organisation to enable purposeful analysis and diagnosis of its ills is often problematic. This is illustrated by the unconnected non‐synergistic plurality of…

A new – 4th order cybernetics and sustainable future

The purpose of this paper is to report a further step in the authors' research and suggest a new – 4th order cybernetics, applying it to the issue of a sustainable future, that…

Hierarchy orientation in equity alliances: core capabilities perspective

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether protection of core capabilities requires a greater level of control, i.e. ownership, even if it is at the cost of lower…

Creativity: relation to neural transmission errors

The purpose of this paper is to compare creativity and psychometric IQ and to explain why creativity is often related to mental disturbances.

Hedging with options and cardinality constraints in multi‐period portfolio management systems

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of hedging with options and cardinality constraints in multi‐period portfolio management systems.

Excitable Delaunay triangulations

Delaunay triangulations provide a good alternative to existing approaches of modelling unstructured unconventional computers. Experimental research in novel and emerging computing…

A note on the fractional Schrödinger differential equations

The purpose of this paper is to introduce stability analysis for the initial value problem for the fractional Schrödinger differential equation: Equation 1 in a Hilbert space H…

Application of the modified differential transform method to fractional oscillators

The purpose of this paper is to find a semi‐analytic solution to the fractional oscillator equations. In this paper, the authors apply the modified differential transform method…

Taylor‐Galerkin method for advection‐diffusion equation

The purpose of this paper is to provide numerical solutions of the time‐dependent advection‐diffusion problem by using B‐spline finite element methods in which Taylor series…

Tension reduction by military power equalization: the USA‐USSR case

The purpose of this paper is to present another historical case that supports the theory that power equality – and not power inequality – reduces international tension and makes…

Guiding conceptual design modeling based on product systems analysis

The purpose of this paper is to implement the modeling of the design process in response to volatile market demands. It mainly focuses on design activities for product development…

Design of agent‐based supply chain‐oriented virtual enterprise platform

The purpose of this paper is to create a platform framework based on agent for virtual enterprise (VE) with the characteristic of supply chain by adopting multi‐agent technology.

Research on the innovation system of China's software industry based on CAS theory

The purpose of this paper is to define and analyze the innovation system of China's software industry in order to build its innovation capability.

Dynamical model and analysis of cascading failures on the complex power grids

The purpose of this paper is to study the failures spread in complex power grids, and what topology of power grids is best for preventing or reducing blackouts.

Broad‐spectrum analysis and pansystems methodology

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship of broad‐spectrum analysis and pansystems methodology from the fundamental questions of the study of broad‐spectrum analysis.

Pricing decisions for reverse supply chains

The purpose of this paper is to present the collecting price decisions of used products in reverse supply chains based on the following cases: manufacturer for collecting and…

Modeling and controlling work‐in‐progress in discrete manufacturing systems

The purpose of this paper is to apply the proportional integral (PI) control algorithm in discrete manufacturing enterprises to maintain lower and steadier work in progress so as…

Criteria for omnibearing imbalance of macroeconomic system structures and their strategic optimization

The purpose of this paper is to propose and demonstrate criteria for omnibearing imbalance of macroeconomic system structure (regions, industries, urban and rural areas…

Study on contingency evolution of acquisition organization systems based on the game group link method

The purpose of this paper is to study the issue of contingency evolution of acquisition organization systems with the game group link method.

Robust optimization approach for short‐term scheduling of batch plants under demand uncertainty?

The purpose of this paper is to propose a robust optimization approach for the short‐term scheduling of batch plants under demand uncertainty where the uncertain parameters can be…

Optimal multiperiod scheduling of multiproduct batch plants under demand uncertainty

The purpose of this paper is to set up a two‐stage stochastic integer‐programming model (TSM) for the multiperiod scheduling of multiproduct batch plants under demand uncertainty…

Edge detection for highly distorted images suffering Gaussian noise based on improve Canny algorithm

The purpose of this paper is to detect edge of image in high noise level, suffering Gaussian noise.

Mathematics model and numerical calculation for stability of synchronous generator rectification systems

In order to research the law of the low‐frequency power oscillation which often exists in the synchronous generator rectification system, the purpose of this paper is to study…

The e‐derivative of Boolean functions and its application in the fault detection and cryptographic system

The purpose of this paper is to show that the e‐derivative is of great significance when revealing cryptographic characteristics of Boolean functions and assurance of the safety…

A novel real‐time aggregation method on network security events

The purpose of this paper is to show how to ensure a real‐time precise aggregation processing of network security events without difficultly determined parameters.

Recent developments in the digital approach of symbolic dynamics

The purpose of this paper is to explore new mathematical results to advance the understanding of the picture of a chaotic unimodal map.

ASC conference, CYBCOM discussion

The purpose of this paper is to review online records of the conference of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) in the summer of 2010. Also reviewed is a burst of activity…

Silicon Earth: Introduction to the Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Revolution© D.M. Hutton

Enterprise Cloud Computing: A Strategy Guide for Business and Technology Leaders© Y.R. Storch Rudall

Microsoft Visualization

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World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

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40th anniversary issues: selected research and development studies

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