complex systems theory
18 March 2011
complex systems theory
Design methodology
Design theory
Methodology
NATO
Problematization
Researcher
US Armed Forces

To Design or Not to Design (Part 3): Metacognition: How Problematizing Transforms a Complex System towards a Desired State

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

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1 April 2009
adaptive approach
Adaptive Army initiative
adaptive campaigning
Australian Army
Australian Defence Force
complex systems theory
Researcher

The Foundation for an Adaptive Approach: Insights from the science of complex systems

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Many who have studied the issue agree that warfare is becoming more…

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1 April 2009
Australian Defence Force
complex systems theory
Design methodology
Educator
Researcher

The Art of Design: A Design Methodology

Author: Stefan J. Banach & Alex Ryan Abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe a…

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1 June 2007
adaptation
adaptive campaigning
Australian Defence Force
complex systems theory
Information flow
Lessons learned
Methodology
Practitioner

Adapting C2 to the 21st Century: Operationalising Adaptive Campaigning Topics

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: For highly complex missions, it is not realistic to expect to…

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1 July 2006
adaptation
Asymmetric warfare
Australian Defence Force
complex systems theory
multi-scale perspective
Researcher

About the bears and the bees: Adaptive responses to asymmetric warfare

Author: Alex Ryan  Abstract: Conventional military forces are organised to generate large scale effects against…

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22 October 2003
adaptation
Australian Defence Force
complex systems theory
defence systems
Researcher
system design

Designing Complex Adaptive Systems for Defence

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: The complexity of defence systems has grown rapidly in recent years and…

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