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Thriving Systems Theory and Metaphor-Driven Modeling
Leslie J. Waguespack
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Paperback. How is it that one system is better than another to its stakeholders? This question drove Christopher Alexander's quest to explain great physical architecture. This book translates his ideas into the abstract domain of information systems and modeling. Num Pages: 167 pages, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: UMZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 285.
How is it that one system is more effective, appealing, satisfying and/or more beautiful than another to its stakeholder community? This question drove Christopher Alexander’s fifty-year quest to explain great physical architecture and gave birth to pattern-languages for building that underpin much of modern systems engineering. How is it that so many individual stakeholders consistently recognize the same quality, the same beauty in a system? This question led George Lakoff to research the role of conceptual metaphor in human understanding. What is essential to stakeholders’ satisfaction with systems? Fred Brooks, in his publications, addressed this question. ... Read more
How is it that one system is more effective, appealing, satisfying and/or more beautiful than another to its stakeholder community? This question drove Christopher Alexander’s fifty-year quest to explain great physical architecture and gave birth to pattern-languages for building that underpin much of modern systems engineering. How is it that so many individual stakeholders consistently recognize the same quality, the same beauty in a system? This question led George Lakoff to research the role of conceptual metaphor in human understanding. What is essential to stakeholders’ satisfaction with systems? Fred Brooks, in his publications, addressed this question. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
Number of Pages
167
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447162148
SKU
V9781447162148
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About Leslie J. Waguespack
Dr. Waguespack is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly USL) with degrees in Computer Systems and Software, MIS and Computer Architecture. After five years in the USAF, headquarters personnel, directorate of the computer systems, modeling branch, he taught in the Computer Science department at LSU. Since 1984 he has been teaching in the Computer ... Read more
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