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This paper pursues three primary objectives. First, a brief introduction to system-of-systems is presented in order to establish a foundation for exploration of the role of human system modeling in this context. Second, the sources of complexity related to human participation in a system-of-systems are described and categorized. Finally, special attention is placed upon how this complexity might be better managed by greater involvement of modeling of human behavior and decision-making. The ultimate objective of the research thrust is to better enable success in the various system-of-systems that exist in society.
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DeLaurentis, D. (2007). Role of Humans in Complexity of a System-of-Systems. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling. ICDHM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4561. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73321-8_42
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