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Why ‘sensitive dependence on initial conditions’ makes predicting the future so hard.
Manchester United is in turmoil again and the scientific discipline of ‘systems thinking’ outlines why the club’s approach is failing.
There are hundreds of ways to analyse interactions in a complex system. A new study shows how they can all work together.
Some natural systems seem to effortlessly synchronise themselves, even in the face of heavy disturbances. A new study has found the factor that makes it possible.
An increasing number of cyberattacks threaten critical infrastructures. These attacks exploit weaknesses in outdated and insecure systems.
Part of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work modeling Earth’s climate using its chaotic, complex weather. To scientists, chaos lies in the gray zone between randomness and predictability.
The work of Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi has helped predict the unpredictable, from changes in the climate to the movements of flocks of starlings.
Why radical changes to society are needed if we are to escape environmental disaster.
We have long wondered why Earth has stayed habitable enough for life to evolve over billions of years.
The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
An aggressive posture is one thing – but doing something about it is another, as countries factor in the costs and risks of aggression.
There are very few approaches that examine all aspects of the complexity of urban design and development. Ergonomics, human factors and sociotechnical systems methods offer a way forward.
We’re living in a time of rapid transformation in terms of what’s required for a country’s workforce. Design thinking is one way to prepare graduates for these changing times.
The Centrelink debt recovery system reminds us that many data systems are prone to error, and that’s built in to how they work.
The problems that cause us to be so frustrated we contemplate throwing a computer can be much more serious than a multimillionaire football coach having a minor tantrum on a Sunday afternoon.
Complex systems, from TV shows to hospitals, have plenty of checks and procedures, so why do things still go wrong?
Diverse threads of the vast interrogation of nature we call science are coming together in a rich and mutually informative intellectual tapestry.
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which James Dyke, a lecturer in Complex System Simulation, discussed planetary boundaries and whether global industrialised…
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Human Factors and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, Past President of Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer of System Dynamics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Climate Change, University of Exeter
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Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Mathematics, Flinders University
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Design Thinking Programme Manager, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology & Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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Workday Professor of Technology and Society, Trinity College Dublin
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Research Assistant, National Security College, Australian National University