Appendix B
INCOSE Working Group Sidebar on Complex Systems
The SSEG was reconstituted as the Complex Systems Working Group (CSWG) in February 2008 under the leadership of Ms. Sarah A. Sheard, an INCOSE fellow (sheardsheard@cox.net or sheard@3MilSys.Com).
The following are my answers to several questions raised by INCOSE Fellow Jack Ring:
1. What distinguishes complex systems from other kinds of systems? A complex system includes at least one autonomous (can act independently) agent that may respond to stimuli from other elements of the complex system or that system’s environment.
2. Is more complex always better? This question suggests that complexity is one dimensional, with an attached measure that makes “more” or “less” meaningful. ...
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