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Author:   William S. Yackinous (Retired Systems Engineer, Bell Labs, US)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9780128020319

ISBN 10:   0128020318
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   28 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I The Systems and Engineering Perspective Chapter 1 A Systems Engineer’s Perspective Chapter 2 More Views on Systems Thinking Chapter 3 The Major Elements of the Systems Approach Chapter 4 Reductionism and Information Loss Part II A Function-Structure-Process Framework for Ecological System Dynamics Chapter 5 Overview of an Ecological System Dynamics Framework Chapter 6 Regulation/Adaptation: Control Aspects of Ecological Systems Chapter 7 Evolution and Universal Development Concepts Part III Complex Systems Theory: Networks, Nonlinear Dynamics, Cellular Automata, and Fractals (Roughness) Chapter 8 Network Theory: The Structure of Complex Networks Chapter 9 Network Theory: The Dynamics of Complex Networks Chapter 10 Fundamentals of Nonlinear Dynamics Chapter 11 Cellular Automata Investigations and Emerging Complex System Principles Chapter 12 Fractals: The Theory of Roughness Part IV A View of the Characteristics of Ecological Network Dynamics Chapter 13 Issues of Human Perception Chapter 14 The Nature of Order and Complexity in Ecological Systems Chapter 15 Characteristics of Ecological Network Dynamics Part V Modeling Ecological Network Dynamics and the Generation and Analysis of Results Chapter 16 A New Approach to Modeling Ecological Network Dynamics Chapter 17 Model Software Design and Development Chapter 18 Ecological Network Dynamics Results Part VI Pulling It All Together Chapter 19 An Increased Understanding of Complex System Dynamics Appendix Selections from the Dynamics Model Programming Code

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Bill Yackinous has had a distinguished 34-year career as a systems engineer at Bell Laboratories. Throughout his career he worked to solve systems problems for Bell Labs and for its clients - both domestically and internationally. Bill has earned the highest technical honors at Bell Labs. He was named a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1986, a Bell Labs Fellow in 1992, and a Consulting Member of Technical Staff in 2000. Bell Labs Fellow is the most prestigious technical honor at Bell Labs - and among the most prestigious across research and development institutions throughout the world.At Bell Labs, Bill acquired a very significant breadth and depth of systems and engineering knowledge. He made important and innovative contributions to systems thinking and engineering system development. Bill’s global perspective has taken him around the world - supporting the local Bell Labs teams and their clients. He has served as a systems engineering consultant for both executive-level and working-level groups in Japan, England, Malaysia, France, and Canada.After earning a PhD in Ecology at the University of Georgia’s Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, Bill is now pursuing his goal of beneficially applying the skills, perspectives, methods, and techniques of the systems approach and systems engineering to increase understanding of complex ecological systems.

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