Systems Thinking
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 164883
Special Issue Editors
Interests: systems engineering; systems thinking; multidisciplinary design; engineering competency development
Interests: systems engineering; systems thinking; systems engineering capability development; digital thread; systems pathology
Interests: Business Models, Strategic Management, Simulation Methodology, Decision Making, Mental Models
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thinking is the “systematic transformation of mental representations of knowledge to characterize actual or possible states of the world, often in service of goals” (Holyoak and Morrison, 2012). Thinking relates to reasoning, judgment, decision making, and problem solving. Systems thinking can be broadly considered the activity of thinking applied in a systems context, forming a basis for fundamental approaches to several systems disciplines, including systems engineering, systems science, and system dynamics. Although these are somewhat distinct fields, they are bound by common approaches in regards to systems. Whereas systems engineering seeks to apply a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to the development of systems, systems science seeks to understand the basics related to systems of all kinds, from natural to man-made, and system dynamics seeks to understand systems from the basis of the dynamics involved.
As man-made systems become more ubiquitous and complex, and the study of natural systems present new challenges to understanding emergent, dynamic behaviors, the process of sense-making based on systems thinking becomes critical.
This Special Issue will focus on the nature of systems thinking as it applies to systems engineering, systems science, system dynamics, and related fields. Topics of interest related to systems thinking include:
- Systems engineering
- Systems science
- System dynamics
- Management
- Social sciences
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Strategic approaches to problem solving
- Complex systems and emergence
- Systems thinking in education
- Reasoning, judgment, decision-making, and problem solving based on systems thinking
Contributors are invited to present case studies, approaches, models and theoretical frameworks to deal with topics related to systems thinking for both academic, disciplinary, commercial, and industrial applications.
References
Holyoak, K.J.; Morrison, R.G. Thinking and reasoning: A reader’s guide. In Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning; Holyoak, K.J., Morrison, R.G., Eds.; Oxford University Press: New York, NY, USA, 2012.
Prof. Dr. Cliff WhitcombGuest Editors
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Keywords
- Systems thinking
- Systems engineering
- Systems science
- System dynamics
- Design thinking for systems
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