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Abstraction and complexity

I gave a talk recently about complex systems engineering at Stirling University where I discussed my notions that software engineering is essentially reductionist and we need to rethink software engineering approaches to cope with the complex systems that we are … Continue reading

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What is complexity?

I’m part of the LSCITS project where LSCITS stands for ‘Large Scale Complex IT Systems’ and we have been having discussions about what is meant by ‘complexity’. Some argue that the term complexity should be reserved for complex adaptive systems, … Continue reading

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