DocumentCode
2206540
Title
Characterizing complexity in the design of human-integrated systems
Author
Govindaraj, T.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
11-14 Oct 1998
Firstpage
985
Abstract
System complexity increases as technologies evolve. An understanding of the evolution of complexity can offer insights and help develop guidelines for designing the levels and details of automation, and for allocating functions among intelligent agents. The goal is to be able to manage complexity by design. The author discusses efforts to understand and characterize complexity in terms of taxonomies adapted from evolutionary biology and solar equivalent of energy proposed by H.T. Odum (1988).
Keywords
computational complexity; interactive systems; man-machine systems; software agents; user modelling; complexity; evolutionary biology; function allocation; human-integrated systems design; intelligent agents; solar equivalent; system complexity; taxonomies; Automation; Cultural differences; Evolution (biology); Global communication; Guidelines; Humans; Isolation technology; Management training; Social implications of technology; Systems engineering and theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
ISSN
1062-922X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4778-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.1998.725544
Filename
725544
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