complex systems theory

6 January 2022 Ben Zweibelson

Moving Beyond ‘Problem-Solution’ Logics in Military Decision-Making

Original blog can be found here: https://benzweibelson.medium.com/moving-beyond-problem-solution-logics-in-military-decision-making-7ca496acb26c This is an excerpt from a design monograph…

27 January 2018 Robert Lummack

Canadian Armed Forces

complex systems theory

The Blue Knight Review (Journal of the Royal Military College St Jean): Special Edition No. 2: Systems Thinking and Design

This Special Edition of The Blue Knight Review is an outgrowth project of the April…

25 August 2015 Jeffrey van der Veer

adaptation

adaptive campaigning

Afghanistan

Armed Forces of the Netherlands

Asymmetric warfare

Campaign planning

Complex operations

complex systems theory

The Rise of Design

Abstract: Armies in contemporary warfare have been confronted with complexity. Modern day conflicts have evolved,…

1 July 2011 Alex Ryan

Canadian Armed Forces

complex systems theory

NATO

operational design

Researcher

Applications of Complex Systems to Operational Design

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Simon distinguished between the declarative logic of the natural sciences, concerned…

3 June 2011 Alex Ryan

adaptive campaigning

best practice

Canadian Armed Forces

complex systems theory

NATO

Researcher

Military Applications of Complex Systems

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: This chapter presents the science of complex systems that had a significant…

5 April 2011 Ben Zweibelson

complex systems theory

Design doctrine

Design methodology

Linear vs. non-linear systems

To Design or Not to Design (Part 4): Taking Lines out of Non-Linear; How Design Must Escape ‘Tacticization’ Bias of Military Culture

Author: Ben Zweibelson Editor’s Note: This essay is part four of a six part series on design.…