Skip to main content

Embracing the Unknown in Post-Bertalanffy Systemics Complexity Modeling

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems

Part of the book series: Contemporary Systems Thinking ((CST))

Abstract

Human beings’ approach to the real world is about incompleteness: incompleteness of understanding, representation, information, etc. It focuses on the unknown, rather than on the production of mathematical certainties based on weak assumptions. The human brain is at least a factor of 1 billion more efficient than our present digital technology, and a factor of 10 million more efficient than the best digital technology that we can imagine. The unavoidable conclusion is that we have something fundamental to learn from the brain and biology about new ways and much more effective forms of computation and information managing. The presented approach, based on CICT (Computational Information Conservation Theory), has shown to be quite helpful with high application flexibility. It can be applied at any system scale and open the door towards a more effective post-Bertalanffy Systemics Complexity modeling, taking into consideration system incompleteness, quasiness, and beyond.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • De Giacomo, P., & Fiorini, R. A. (2017). Creativity mind. Amazon, E-book.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (1994). Strumentazione Biomedica: Sistemi di Supporto Attivo. Milano: CUSL.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2014a). Stronger physical and biological measurement strategy for biomedical and wellbeing application by CICT. In N. E. Mastorakis & A. Fukasawa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Health Science and Biomedical Systems (HSBS 2014) (pp. 36–45). Florence: WSEAS Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2014b). Stronger quantum decoherence incomputability modeling by CICT. In N. E. Mastorakis & G. Q. Xu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied and Computational Mathematics (ICACM 2014) (pp. 78–86). Geneva: WSEAS Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2014c). The entropy conundrum: A solution proposal. In 1st International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications, 3–21 November 2014. Sciforum Electronic Conference Series (Vol. 1). Available at: http://www.sciforum.net/conference/ecea-1

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2015). GA and CICT for stronger arbitrary multiscale biomedical and bioengineering solutions. In S. XambĂł Descamps, J. M. Parra Serra, & R. González Calvet (Eds.), Early Proceedings of the AGACSE 2015 Conference (pp. 153–162). Barcelona: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2016). From systemic complexity to systemic simplicity: A new networking node approach. In G. F. Minati, M. R. Abram, & E. Pessa (Eds.), Towards a post-Bertalanffy systemics (pp. 97–108). Cham: Springer.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2017a). Brain-inspired systems and predicative competence. In Proceedings 2017 IEEE 16th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC), 26–28 July 2017 (pp. 268–275). Oxford, UK: IEEE Press.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2017b). From computing with numbers to computing with words. In Proceedings 2017 IEEE 16th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC), 26–28 July 2017 (pp. 84–91). Oxford, UK: IEEE Press.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A. (2017c). Would the big government approach increasingly fail to lead to good decision? A solution proposal. Kybernetes, 46(10), 1735–1752. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-01-2017-0013.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A., De Giacomo, P., & L’Abate, L. (2016). Wellbeing understanding in high quality healthcare informatics and telepractice. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 226, 153–156.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fiorini, R. A., & Laguteta, G. (2013). Discrete tomography data footprint reduction by information conservation. Fundamenta Informaticae, 125(3–4), 261–272.

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  • Jacquette, D. (2002). Ontology. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • L’Abate, L., Cusinato, M., Maino, E., Colesso, W., & Scilletta, C. (2010). Relational competence theory. New York: Springer.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Ness, R. B. (2014). The creativity crisis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nicolescu, B. (1996). La transdisciplinaritĂ©, manifeste. In J. P. Bertrand (Ed.), TransdisciplinaritĂ©. Paris: Édition du Rocher.

    Google Scholar 

  • Poli, R., & Seibt, J. (Eds.). (2010). Theory and applications of ontology: Philosophical perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  • Puu, T. (2015). Arts, sciences, and economics. Heidelberg: Springer.

    Book  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The author acknowledges the continuous support from the CICT CORE Group of Politecnico di Milano University, Milano, Italy, for extensive computational modeling and simulation resources.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rodolfo Fiorini .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Fiorini, R. (2019). Embracing the Unknown in Post-Bertalanffy Systemics Complexity Modeling. In: Minati, G., Abram, M., Pessa, E. (eds) Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems. Contemporary Systems Thinking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15277-2_22

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics