Modeling and Visualization of Complex Systems and Enterprises: Explorations of Physical, Human, Economic, and Social Phenomena

Chapter 5HUMAN PHENOMENA

Table 5.1 lists the human phenomena of interest for the six archetypal problems introduced in Chapter 2 and discussed in Chapter 3. All of these phenomena are concerned with human perceptions, expectations, decisions, and performance, either individually or in teams or groups. This chapter addresses the state of knowledge in representing these phenomena.

Table 5.1 Human Phenomena Associated with Archetypal Problems

Problem	Phenomena	Category
Cancer biology	Human decisions on diagnoses given test results	Human, individual
Cancer biology	Human decisions to employ drugs targeted at signaling mechanisms	Human, individual
Financial system	Human decisions by investors relative to risks and rewards	Human, individual
Traffic control	Human decisions by individual drivers on where and when to drive	Human, individual
Traffic control	Human performance in manual control of vehicle	Human, individual
Urban resilience	Human perceptions, expectations, and intentions	Human, individual
Counterfeit parts	Human decisions by supplier executive teams	Human, team or group
Healthcare delivery	Human decisions of clinical teams on use of capacities	Human, team or group
Traffic control	Human decisions by traffic management teams on pricing	Human, team or group
Urban resilience	Human decisions of urban teams on communications	Human, team or group

This chapter proceeds as follows. First, descriptive and prescriptive approaches are contrasted. Descriptive ...