Abstract. For organizations to flourish in a changing environment, their business processes need to be flexible. Designing flexible business processes is a challenge. We use Weick&...
Initial results of an experiment devised to combine Bond-Graph modeling and simulation with genetic programming for automated design of a simple mechatronic system are reported in...
Architecting security solutions for today’s diverse computer systems is a challenge. The modern business environment is comprised of many different applications, e-mail, databas...
In this concluding synthesis article, I summarize and discuss the papers that comprise both parts of this special issues. Two organizing frameworks are provided to facilitate read...
Formal analysis remains outside the mainstream of system design practice. Interactive methods and tools are regarded by some to be on the margin of useful research in this area. Al...