In the articles here, I discuss some of the inherent problems of building complex, software-intensive systems.
What is Complexity
Lots of people talk about ‘complex systems’ and ‘complex issues’ and we are never sure if…
Reductionism and Complex Systems Engineering
Reductionism is a philosophical position that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account…
Refining Maier's classification of systems of systems
I recently re-read Mark Maier’s now classic systems engineering paper ‘ ‘Architecting Principles for Systems of…
The Myth of Software Simplicity
I gave a talk a while ago about complexity and large-scale systems. In the discussion following the talk, one of the…