Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies: Concepts, Theories, and Applications David Paradice Florida State University, USA
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Emerging systems approaches in information technologies concepts : theories and applications / David Paradice, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: "This book presents findings utilizing the incorporation of the systems approach into fields such as systems engineering, computer science, and software engineering"--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-60566-976-2 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-60566-977-9 (ebook) 1. Information technology. 2. Systems engineering. 3. Software engineering. I. Paradice, David B. T58.5.E523 2010 620.001'171--dc22 2009032053 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher.
Editorial Advisory Board Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, México Russell L. Ackoff, University of Pennsylvania, USA Bela A. Banathy, Saybrook Institute, USA Yanner Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, USA Ovsei Gelman, National Autonomous University of Mexico, México Michael C. Jackson, University of Hull, UK George J. Klir, State University of New York, USA Andrew P. Sage, George Mason University, USA Adolfo Guzmán-Arenas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), México Barry G. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania, USA † G. A. Swanson (1939-2009), Tennessee Technological University, USA Denis Edgar-Nevill, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Miroljub Kljajic, University of Maribor, Slovenia John Mingers, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Amitava Dutta, George Mason University, USA Yasmin Merali, University of Warwick, UK
Table of Contents
Preface . ................................................................................................................................................ xv
Chapter 1 Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems: A Systems View............................................................................................... 1 Manuel Mora, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México Ovsei Gelman, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Moti Frank, HIT - Holon Institute of Technology, Israel David B. Paradice, Florida State University, USA Francisco Cervantes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Guisseppi A. For