Sensing coverage is a critical issue in sensor network deployments. We propose a novel scheme to maintain the sensing coverage in sensor networks, which we call CASS (Coverage-Aware Self-Scheduling). Different from the existing work on coverage maintenance, CASS probabilistically schedules a sensor’s sensing activities according to the sensor’s contribution to the sensing coverage. CASS is desi...

INTRODUCTION Organizations can be regarded as systems. The traditional model of systems views them as machines. This seems to be insufficient when it comes to understanding and organizing complex tasks. To better understand integrated care we should approach organizations as constantly changing living organisms, where many agents are interconnected in so-called Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). ...

What we know of the world around us is, in large measure, the product of reductionist science. The basic tenets of this approach tell us that truth can be found through an understanding of individual system components; a system is the sum of its parts. While this approach served us well through much of the 20 century, many scientists now believe that a reductionist approach alone is insufficien...

We present an adaptive communication scheme for Cooperative Active Safety System (CASS). CASS uses information communicated from neighboring vehicles via wireless communication in order to actively evaluate driving situations and provide warnings or other forms of assistance to drivers. In CASS, we assume that vehicles are equipped with a GPS receiver, a Dedicated Short Range Communications (DS...

BACKGROUND Because health care organizations (HCOs) are complex adaptive systems (CASs), phenomena of interest often are dynamic and unfold in unpredictable ways, and unfolding events are often unique. Researchers of HCOs may recognize that the subject of their research is dynamic; however, their research designs may not take this into account. Researchers may also know that unfolding events ar...

The development of complex organisational ecosystems that reflect adaptive systems (CASs) calls for radically different strategic approaches with respect to the case classical, stable hierarchical systems. A need such especially increases in contexts lack cooperation traditions and trust often require an explicit or implicit leadership order encourage maintain development. However, scientific l...

On the basis of reviews on related literatures based on complexity science and complex adaptive system of supply chain management research, the development process of supply chain management has been analyzed, and several advantages to apply complex adaptive system in supply chain management research have been put forward. It has broad application prospects to study the coordination development...