TY - GEN
T1 - The topology and dynamics of complex man-made systems
AU - Braha, Dan
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Understanding the structure and function of complex networks has recently become the foundation for explaining many different real-world complex biological, technological and informal social phenomena. The analysis of these networks has uncovered surprising statistical structural properties that have also been shown to have a major effect on their functionality, dynamics, robustness, and fragility. This paper examines the statistical properties of large-scale product development networks - and discusses the significance of these properties in providing insight into ways of improving the strategic and operational decision-making of the organization. We believe that our new analysis methodology and empirical results are also relevant to other organizational information-carrying networks.
AB - Understanding the structure and function of complex networks has recently become the foundation for explaining many different real-world complex biological, technological and informal social phenomena. The analysis of these networks has uncovered surprising statistical structural properties that have also been shown to have a major effect on their functionality, dynamics, robustness, and fragility. This paper examines the statistical properties of large-scale product development networks - and discusses the significance of these properties in providing insight into ways of improving the strategic and operational decision-making of the organization. We believe that our new analysis methodology and empirical results are also relevant to other organizational information-carrying networks.
KW - Collective decision making
KW - Complex product design
KW - Complex systems
KW - Large-scale engineering systems
KW - Network dynamics
KW - Network effects
KW - Robustness
KW - Social networks
KW - Tippy dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=40949162263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4414261
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4414261
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:40949162263
SN - 1424409918
SN - 9781424409914
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 4062
EP - 4068
BT - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2007
T2 - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2007
Y2 - 7 October 2007 through 10 October 2007
ER -