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This chapter describes a prediction – a new round of industrial revolution driven by Complexity Science, and a paradigm-shift framework, the Five-Dimensional Structure Synthesis method (FDS). Many businesses fail because of an attempt to solve nonlinear problems with linear processes. With FDS, the paradigm shift for an industry can be performed efficiently – from the old-established paradigm based on linear thinking, reductionism, and superposition principle to a new paradigm based on nonlinear thinking and complexity science in compliance with the common principles of complexity science. FDS has been successfully used in the paradigm shift of the software industry and could be successfully used for other industries too.
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Xiong, J. (2011). Prediction and Practices: A New Round of Industrial Revolution Driven by Complexity Science and a General Paradigm-Shift Framework. In: New Software Engineering Paradigm Based on Complexity Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7326-9_4
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