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''<blockquote>System where the individual elements act independently but jointly behave according to common constraints and goals. In the natural world, a flock of geese is a CAS. Human-intensive systems are also complex adaptive systems since each human in the system is independent. (Weaver 1948, 536; Jackson, Hitchins, and Eisner 2010, 41; Flood and Carson 1993; Lawson 2010)</blockquote>''
  
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DAU. February 19, 2010. ''Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG)''. Ft. Belvoir, VA, USA: Defense Acquisition University (DAU)/U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).  
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Jackson, S., D. Hitchins, and H. Eisner. 2010. What is the systems approach? INCOSE Insight 13 (1) (March 2010): 41.
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Flood, R. L., and E. R. Carson. 1993. Dealing with complexity: An introduction to the theory and application of systems science. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press.
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Lawson, H. W. 2010. A journey through the systems landscape. London, UK: College Publications, Kings College.  
  
 
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Revision as of 01:32, 17 May 2011

System where the individual elements act independently but jointly behave according to common constraints and goals. In the natural world, a flock of geese is a CAS. Human-intensive systems are also complex adaptive systems since each human in the system is independent. (Weaver 1948, 536; Jackson, Hitchins, and Eisner 2010, 41; Flood and Carson 1993; Lawson 2010)

Sources

Jackson, S., D. Hitchins, and H. Eisner. 2010. What is the systems approach? INCOSE Insight 13 (1) (March 2010): 41.

Flood, R. L., and E. R. Carson. 1993. Dealing with complexity: An introduction to the theory and application of systems science. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Lawson, H. W. 2010. A journey through the systems landscape. London, UK: College Publications, Kings College.

Discussion

Discussion as to why this is the "consensus" definition for the SEBoK.

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