Kybernetes: Volume 47 Issue 2

Editorial

Igor Perko, Stefano Armenia

Evolution of cybernetics: philosophical and methodological analysis

Vladimir Lepskiy

The aim of this paper is to elaborate the connection between the evolution of cybernetics and the development of scientific rationality (classical, non-classical…

Theoretical notes regarding the practical application of Stafford Beer’s viable system model

Markus Orengo

This paper aims to capture current difficulties with the practical application of the viable system model (VSM). On this basis, a set of suggestions toward a more effective…

Social laser model: from color revolutions to Brexit and election of Donald Trump

Andrei Khrennikov

This paper aims to present the basic assumptions for creation of social lasers and attract attention of other researchers (both from physics and socio-political science) to the…

System dynamics and agent-based modelling to represent intangible process assets characterization

Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura, German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña, Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez, Cynthya García de Jesús

This paper aims to address the use of modelling and simulation tools to enhance intangible process assets management by simulating and automating their characterization depending…

A quantum-based semiotic model for textual semantics

Francesco Galofaro, Zeno Toffano, Bich-Liên Doan

The paper aims to provide a semiotic interpretation of the role played by entanglement in quantum-based models aimed to information retrieval and suggests possible improvements…

On macroscopic intricate states

François Dubois

The present contribution is in the field of quantum modelling of macroscopic phenomena. The focus is on one enigmatic aspect of quantum physics, namely, the…

Technological unemployment as frictional unemployment: From Luddite to routine-biased technological change

Federico Fiorelli

The purpose of this paper is to present some scenarios about a possible future evolution of the labour market in the knowledge economy.

Different intelligences’ role in overcoming the differences in employee value system

Živa Veingerl Čič, Matjaž Mulej, Simona Šarotar Žižek

This paper aims to present the findings of the research about the role of different intelligences in overcoming the differences in employee value system as a source of success.

Driver or inhibitor for innovation?: Modeling and simulating contradictory forces and dynamic aspects of team diversity

Anja Kreidler, Meike Tilebein

Literature is unanimous about the effects of functional diversity in new product development teams. This paper uses simulation modeling to investigate the contradictory and…

Crime and punishment as a social system: the case of prison overcrowding

Camilo Olaya, Juliana Gomez-Quintero, Andrea Catalina Navarrete

This paper presents an actor-based conceptualization of the increasing oscillatory pattern of prison overcrowding in Colombia. The research proposes a dynamic hypothesis that…

Nobody deserves this fate: the vicious cycle of low human development in Guinea-Bissau

Bassiro Só, Eduardo Ferreira Franco, Hamilton Coimbra Carvalho, Joaquim Rocha dos Santos, Stefano Armenia

This paper aims to understand and explore the causal relationship of elements responsible for the macro vicious cycle of poverty in Guinea-Bissau, and discuss policies to break it.

The role of international educational and science programs for sustainable development (systemic approach)

Ineza Gagnidze

The purpose of this paper is to foster research on an alternative design pattern for educational system (to emphasize symmetric connections with a range of actors) to achieve…