System of systems complexity identification and control

2009 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, SoSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Simpson, Joseph J ^a   Simpson, Mary J ^a  

^a Systems Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract relation types; Complex systems; Complexity; Design structure matrix; Evolutionary algorithms; N squared chart; System; System of systems

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT RELATION TYPES; CHART SYSTEMS; CLASSICAL SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; DEPLOYED SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; HUMAN PERCEPTION; HUMAN SYSTEM; LOCAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURED MATRIXES; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 74949137900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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