Kybernetes: Volume 42 Issue 1
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
Living in a time of change
Magnus Ramage, Chris Bissell, David ChapmanThe purpose of this paper is to present a vision for the future development of Kybernetes under a new editorship.
The systemic leaders: new leaders in the global economy
Jon‐Arild Johannessen, Hugo SkålsvikOne of the problems we face in the transition from an industrial society to a global knowledge economy is the need for a new breed of leaders and a new understanding of…
Statistical versus optimal partitioning for block entropies
Ioannis Mistakidis, Kostas Karamanos, Simeon MistakidisGiven a time‐series, what is the best partitioning of the state space in order to obtain reasonable values for the block entropies? The purpose of this paper is to provide a…
A new method for mining area ecological environment assessment based on credibility measure
Jiqiang Chen, Litao Ma, Hong ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to present a more objective evaluation method for a mining area ecological environment. It proposes the weight of indices with respect to the total…
Multi‐criteria decision making in creative problem solving
Vesna Čančer, Matjaž MulejThe purpose of this paper is to present the adapted model per phases of the creative problem solving (CPS) process, where multi‐criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are used in…
A two‐layer scheme for membership and classification querying
Heng Ma, Hung‐Yu ChengThe purpose of this paper is to effectively deal with querying of classification with membership.
On visualizing the number comparison scheme in grey extent analysis
Ozan ÇakırThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate an alternative number comparison process to the original procedure utilized under the grey extent analysis.
Degenerated simplex search method to optimize neural network error function
Shamsuddin AhmedThe purpose of this paper is to present a degenerated simplex search method to optimize neural network error function. By repeatedly reflecting and expanding a simplex, the…
Introducing managers to the VSM using a personal VSM
David T. RobinsonThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of a short research study that introduced a group of busy managers, in an organisation in turmoil, to Stafford Beer's Viable…
Macroeconomics of privacy and security for identity management and surveillance
Vasilios Katos, Frank Stowell, Peter BednarThe purpose of this paper is to develop an approach for investigating the impact of surveillance technologies used to facilitate security and its effect upon privacy.
