Uniquely reflects an engineering view to social systems in a wide
variety of contexts of application
Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity brings together a
wide variety of application approaches to social systems from an
engineering viewpoint. The book defines a social system as any complex
system formed by human beings. Focus is given to the importance of
systems intervention design for specific and singular settings, the
possibilities of engineering thinking and methods, the use of
computational models in particular contexts, and the development of
portfolios of solutions. Furthermore, this book considers both
technical, human and social perspectives, which are crucial to solving
complex problems.
Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity provides
modelling examples to explore the design aspect of social systems.
Various applications are explored in a variety of areas, such as urban
systems, health care systems, socio-economic systems, and environmental
systems. It covers important topics such as organizational design,
modelling and intervention in socio-economic systems, participatory
and/or community-based modelling, application of systems engineering
tools to social problems, applications of computational behavioral
modeling, computational modelling and management of complexity, and
more.
- Highlights an engineering view to social systems (as opposed to a
"scientific" view) that stresses the importance of systems
intervention design for specific and singular settings
- Divulges works where the design, re-design, and transformation of
social systems constitute the main aim, and where joint considerations
of both technical and social perspectives are deemed important in
solving social problems
- Features an array of applied cases that illustrate the application of
social systems engineering in different domains
Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity is an excellent
text for academics and graduate students in engineering and social
science--specifically, economists, political scientists,
anthropologists, and management scientists with an interest in finding
systematic ways to intervene and improve social systems.
