Identifying general trends and patterns in complex systems research: An overview of theoretical and practical implications
In: Systems research and behavioral science: the official journal of the International Federation for Systems Research, Band 36, Heft 5, S. 706-714
ISSN: 1099-1743
AbstractResearch on complex systems is becoming more prolific, and there is a need to provide some point of orientation to researchers and practitioners that are drawing on the body of literature that informs the field of complexity research. In this paper, I aim to give an overview of the development of the field and offer some overarching trends and patterns that are recognizable in research on complex systems. The paper then draws on the work to provide six organizing principles of complex systems to inform practical implications and methods for studying and understanding complex systems.