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Expansionism-based design and system of systems

Jianxi Luo*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

Facing the growing complexity within technological products and systems, traditional reductionism-based design approaches, which focus on decomposing and optimizing subsystems, components, and their interrelationships, will face greater difficulties in the search for future innovation. In such cases, expansionism-based design will be particularly effective because it reduces the need to deal with the superior internal complexity of existing systems and primarily explores design opportunities by integrating and synthesizing previously unrelated independent systems into a new system of systems. The system of systems that results from expansionism-based design may improve the functionalities and performances of the prior systems, or obtain novel functionalities of the system of systems from the synthesis. In this paper, we identify the system theory roots of design expansionism, and elaborate the value of expansionism-based design and how it enables design opportunities for systems-of-systems. We also preliminarily discuss potential concept generation methods to aid in expansionism-based design and the analytics of collective dynamics and emergent behaviors of the resulting system of systems in order to effectively architect and manage them. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComplex Systems Design and Management Asia - Smart Nations – Sustaining and Designing: Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Complex Systems Design and Management, CSD and M Asia 2016
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages45-57
Volume426
ISBN (Print)9783319296425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Asia-Pacific Conference on Complex System Design and Management, CSD and M Asia 2016 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 24 Feb 201626 Feb 2016

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume426
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

Conference2nd International Asia-Pacific Conference on Complex System Design and Management, CSD and M Asia 2016
PlaceSingapore
CitySingapore
Period24/02/1626/02/16

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