Drift into Failure From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems

This book explores complexity theory and systems thinking to better understand how complex systems drift into failure. It studies sensitive dependence on initial conditions, unruly technology, tipping points, diversity - and finds that failure emerges opportunistically, non-randomly, from the very w...

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Main Author: Dekker, Sidney
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham ; Burlington, Vt CRC Press 2011
Ashgate
CRC Press LLC
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:1
Subjects:
Causation
Cognitive psychology
Complex organizations
Complexity (Philosophy)
Failure (Psychology)
Social systems
System failures (Engineering)
System theory
System theory > Social aspects
Technological complexity
Collaterized Debt Obligations
HRO
Swiss Cheese Model
Rational Choice Theory
Accident Investigations
Flight Hours
Unruly Technology
Newtonian Cartesian World
Broken Components
Lethal Chemicals
Latent Failure Model
Horizontal Stabilizer
Small Step
Gaussian Copula
Slime Mold
High Reliability Theory
Newtonian Cartesian Worldview
Rational Choice
Can
Man Made Disaster Theory
System’s Adaptive Capacity
Space Shuttle
Federal Aviation Administration
Lubrication Interval
Alaska Airlines
ISBN:9781409422228, 1409422224, 9781409422211, 1409422216
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Summary:This book explores complexity theory and systems thinking to better understand how complex systems drift into failure. It studies sensitive dependence on initial conditions, unruly technology, tipping points, diversity - and finds that failure emerges opportunistically, non-randomly, from the very webs of relationships that breed success and that are supposed to protect organizations from disaster. It develops a vocabulary that allows us to harness complexity and find new ways of managing drift.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. [205]-209
Includes index
ISBN:9781409422228
1409422224
9781409422211
1409422216
DOI:10.1201/9781315257396