Defining and addressing the risk of undesirable emergent properties

Ferreira, Susan; Faezipour, Misagh; Corley, H. W.

doi:10.1109/syscon.2013.6549981

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“…A noted above a big research question in the context of endogenous emergence is how "to control" it so that the system exhibits desired system-level behavior and how to avoid harmful system-level behavior, when the design focuses on agents at the micro-level [29]. The possibility of harmful emergent behavior may seriously affect individuals, organizations and society, implying that we-researchers, IS developers, politicians and the general public-should pay attention to risks of such systems [28]. So, it seems to me that there is a clear research opportunity to investigate what the ideas of systems of systems [63] and autonomic computing [40] mean to the above adopting units and stakeholders and to Information Systems as a discipline.…”

Section: Discussion and Final Commentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Endogenously Emergent Information Systems

Iivari

2017

Complexity in Information Systems Development

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Section: Discussion and Final Commentsmentioning

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“…Normally, the designed emergent behavior is desirable, whereas non-designed, unanticipated behavior may be either desirable or undesirable. Figure 1 introduces the resultant classification of emergent properties, inspired by Ferreira et al [28].…”

Section: The Concept Of Emergencementioning

confidence: 99%

Endogenously Emergent Information Systems

Iivari

2017

Complexity in Information Systems Development

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“…The dual nature of ilities has been hinted in [39][40][41]. Ilities may be viewed as desirable emergent properties.…”

Section: Coherencementioning

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On Using Ilities of Non-Functional Properties for Subsystems and Components

Lee

Collins

2017

Systems

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Abstract:The use of ilities for systems engineering of subsystems and components is investigated. Prior work on ilities has emphasized or restricted their application to system level, non-functional properties. The premise of this work is that ilities can be applied with benefit, and in some cases out of necessity, to lower levels of systems as well. The veracity of this premise is established by providing examples that demonstrate how some ilities are passed and used as a non-functional property of electrical and structural subsystems in aircraft. It is further demonstrated that flowing ilities down to the subsystem level is not only a useful practice for systems engineers, it can also be an essential step to ensure that customer needs are actually met by the system under design or service. Systems engineers often lack the detailed knowledge of the subsystems or components required to translate ilities into functional requirements. Thus, the system ilities are passed down and translated from non-functional to functional requirements by subject matter experts. We first discuss the definition, characteristics and scope of ilities. Then, we formulate the application of ilities at a subsystem level. Next, we show aircraft engineering examples for ilities applications. The application process is formalized with diagrams, and ilities' relation to system architecture engineering is discussed. The work concludes with a summary and suggestions for future work.

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“…Alternatively, an emergent dynamic behaviour may be unexpected (unpredictable). In both cases, the emergent behaviour may be desirable or undesirable (Ferreira et al, 2013).…”

Section: Static Emergencementioning

confidence: 99%

Information system artefact or information system application: that is the question

Iivari

2016

Information Systems Journal

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Lee et al. () suggest the concept of information system (IS) artefact as an alternative to information technology (IT) artefact, defining the former as a system of an IT artefact, an information artefact and a social artefact. This paper assesses this suggestion, contrasting it with the concepts of IT artefact and IS application as introduced in the prior IS literature. After this conceptual analysis, the paper discusses the relationships between an IS artefact and design and between an IS artefact and design science. The analysis concludes that an IS artefact is problematic as a unit of design because of the great differences in the designability of its constituent parts. Instead, the paper maintains that an IS application is more appropriate as a unit of design, but an IS artefact may be fruitful as an analytical concept to be used in behavioural science research on the interplay of IT artefact, information artefact and social artefact, or – especially if including IS application design – in action research‐oriented design science research. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Defining and addressing the risk of undesirable emergent properties

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Endogenously Emergent Information Systems

Endogenously Emergent Information Systems

On Using Ilities of Non-Functional Properties for Subsystems and Components

Information system artefact or information system application: that is the question

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