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- Bider, Ilia, et al.
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Linking Autopoiesis to Homeostasis in Socio-Technical Systems
- 2019
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Ingår i: STPIS 2019: Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development 2019. ; , s. 160-170
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper considers two seemingly different fundamental theoretical concepts of autopoiesis and homeostasis and tries to apply them to the realm of socio-technical systems. The paper uses a so-called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM) to explain how autopoiesis – a system constantly reproducing itself - and homeostasis – a system constantly maintaining an approximate identity while adapting to changes in its internal and external environment – works, and how they are connected to each other. The work presented in this paper is in its initial stage, and more efforts are required to convert the ideas presented in the paper to something that can be used in practice.
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- Bider, Ilia, et al.
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Using Enterprise Models to Explain and Discuss Autopoiesis and Homeostasis in Socio-technical Systems
- 2020
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Ingår i: Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly. - : Riga Technical University. - 2255-9922. ; :22, s. 21-38
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article links two seemingly different fundamental theoretical concepts of autopoiesis and homeostasis and tries to apply them to the realm of socio-technical systems with the use of the Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM). Autopoiesis is the property of a system that constantly reproduces itself. Homeostasis describes a way a complex system constantly maintains its identity while adapting to changes in its internal and external environment. To be able to use FEM for this task, the original version of FEM has been extended by adding special elements for representing the system's context – part of the environment to which the system is structurally coupled. The approach taken in this article differs from other works in the same field in having the focus on the “body” (concrete elements being reproduced) of the socio-technical system, as well as on identifying concrete processes that reproduce the system, and demonstrating concrete ways of how a specific system adapts or can adapt to the perturbations in the environment (i.e. internal and external disturbances that affect the system).
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- Regev, Gil, et al.
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Defining business process flexibility with the help of invariants
- 2007
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Ingår i: Software Process. - : Wiley. - 1077-4866 .- 1099-1670. ; 12:1, s. 65-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enterprise survival is about maintaining an identity that is separate from other enterprises. We define flexibility as the ability to change without losing identity. The identity of an enterprise can be analyzed as a set of norms and beliefs about these norms held by its stakeholders, such as customers, employees, suppliers, and investors. Business processes and their support systems maintain invariants that are the result of compromises between the often conflicting norms and beliefs of these stakeholders. We formalize these invariants as values in a state space. Identifying a minimum set of invariants provides a basis for defining flexible processes and support systems. We illustrate the use of this framework with production business process support (BPS) systems. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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