Category Archives: Complex systems science

An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and its Applications

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

The standard assumptions that underlie many conceptual and quantitative frameworks do not hold for many complex physical, biological, and social systems. Complex systems science clarifies when and why such assumptions fail and provides alternative frameworks for understanding the properties of … Continue reading →

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Complexity explained

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

Complexity science also called complex systems science, studies how a large collection of components – locally interacting with each other at the small scales – can spontaneously self-organize to exhibit non-trivial global structures and behaviors at larger scales, often without external … Continue reading →

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Social Innovation Lab Guide

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The Social Innovation Lab emphasizes not only imagining high potential interventions but also gaining system sight, redefining problems, and identifying opportunities in the broader context with the potential to tip systems in positive directions. It is a three-step process of … Continue reading →

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Challenges in Complex Systems Science

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

FuturICT foundations are social science, complex systems science, and ICT. The main concerns and challenges in the science of complex systems in the context of FuturICT are laid out in this paper with special emphasis on the Complex Systems route … Continue reading →

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