The Complex Systems Registry is an Open Source federative platform that has been developed within the FET coordination action Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems (ONCE-CS) within the framework of the Complex Systems Society.
The aims of this initiative are
* to become the main Information Hub for the Complex Systems Community,
* to offer pre-installed Web facilities to all institutions, projects, working groups, ... of the Complex Systems Community,
* to guarantee the inter-operability between all installed Web sites.
Substitute a standard web services interface for a speaking tube, a business rules management system for his encyclopedic knowledge of policies and regulations, data mining or predictive analytics for his customer knowledge and adaptive control for his experimentation and you have Decision Management. The Answerer but on an industrial scale.
Some definitions key on the question of the probability of encountering a given condition of a system once characteristics of the system are specified. Warren Weaver has posited that the complexity of a particular system is the degree of difficulty in predicting the properties of the system if the properties of the system’s parts are given. In Weaver’s view, complexity comes in two forms: disorganized complexity, and organized complexity. [2] Weaver’s paper has influenced contemporary thinking about complexity. [3]
WIKINDX is a free bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system designed either for single use (on a variety of operating sytems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet.
Scientists isolated morphine from opium, leading to the belief (in the West at least) that a single, non-living compound in a plant was responsible for its healing properties. This helped create the biomedical model of pharmacotherapy, where plants are se
R. Atun, N. Lennox-Chhugani, F. Drobniewski, Y. Samyshkin, und R. Coker. European journal of public health, 14 (3):
267-273(September 2004)M3: Article; Accession Number: 14596725; Atun, R. A. 1; Email Address: r.atun@imperial.ac.uk Lennox-Chhugani, N. 1 Drobniewski, F. 2 Samyshkin, Y. A. 1 Coker, R. J. 3; Affiliation: 1: Centre for Health Management, The Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK 2: Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's King's and St Thomas' Medical School, East Dulwich Grove, London, UK 3: Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Source Info: Sep2004, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p267; Subject Term: COMMUNICABLE diseases; Subject Term: DISEASE management; Subject Term: MEDICINE, Preventive; Subject Term: EPIDEMICS; Subject Term: MEDICAL care; Subject Term: PUBLIC health; Author-Supplied Keyword: health systems; Author-Supplied Keyword: rapid appraisal; Author-Supplied Keyword: systems analysis; Author-Supplied Keyword: toolkit; NAICS/Industry Codes: 525120 Health and Welfare Funds; Number of Pages: 7p; Illustrations: 1 chart, 3 diagrams; Document Type: Article.