Kybernetes: Volume 37 Issue 2

Developing innovative systems

This paper aims to review current developments in the production of innovative systems in cybernetics and management science.

Digital patient; CYBCOM discussion

This paper seeks to review a source of information on applications of digital technology in medicine and patient care. A recent period of lively discussion in the online…

On the concept of the “control systems theory” as a new model of systemic consideration

This paper sets out to provide a new systems theory supporting requisite holism and innovation in organizations of the public sector, such as medical care.

A service design framework for value co‐production: insight from mutualism perspective

This study proposes to discuss an up‐to‐date framework for service design as a means‐end tool for modeling, designing, and developing the service systems (e‐service) which can…

Planning successful partnership in the process of outsourcing

This paper aims to deal with the dynamic aspect of outsourcing – in the world of business, change is the only constant, nothing is permanent, which also holds true for the…

A systemic critique of neoclassical utility theory

This paper seeks to use systemic thinking for the purpose of criticizing neoclassical utility theory.

Growing spanning trees in plasmodium machines

The purpose of this paper is to address the novel issues of executing graph optimization tasks on distributed simple growing biological systems.

The cybernetics of social change – and history

This paper aims to show how basic cybernetics principles of the interaction of two or more goal‐oriented systems determine the possibilities of social change – and of history.

Prosthotology: the science of prosthetics and orthotics

The present field of prosthetics/orthotics is an erratic agglomerate of vague guidelines, skills and knowledge. The author conceived prosthotology to clarify, expand and enlighten…

Economic yoyos and Becker's Rotten Kid theorem

This paper aims to establish a systemic yoyo model for economic entities so that the most recent developments in systems research can be applied to the study of economics and…

Solving a system of fourth‐order obstacle boundary value problems by differential transform method

This paper sets out to study a system of fourth‐order obstacle boundary value problems associated with obstacle, unilateral and contact problems.

A B‐spline algorithm for the numerical solution of Fisher's equation

This paper seeks to develop an efficient B‐spline Galerkin scheme for solving the Fisher's equation, which is a nonlinear reaction diffusion equation describing the relation…

Application of wavelet transform analysis in medical frames compression

The purpose of this paper, with reference to compression of different images' portions with various qualities, is to obtain a high‐compression coefficient.

A new technique for solution of a parabolic inverse problem

The main aim of this paper is to use the cubic B‐spline scaling functions for the numerical solution of the 1D parabolic inverse problem with temperature overspecification.

Networked Neighbourhoods – The Connected Community in Context

Implementation Patterns

Mathematics 2007 – London UK

Software Engineering: Barry W. Boehm's Lifetime Contributions to Software Development, Management, and Research

Calls for participation

World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC

IMA 2007 Summer event – “Stimulating Mathematics in Industry” Royal Society, London UK

Handbook of Approximation: Algorithms and Metaheuristics

ICDCS 2008

XVI International Conference on Systems Science

New appointment to the Editorial Advisory Board