Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Hypernetworks for Policy Design in Systems of Systems of Systems

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_16,
        author={Jeffrey Johnson},
        title={Hypernetworks for Policy Design in Systems of Systems of Systems},
        proceedings={Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={COMPLEX},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={networks hypergraphs hypernetworks modelling Q-analysis Galois lattice policy social informatics policy informatics gangs},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_16}
    }
    
  • Jeffrey Johnson
    Year: 2013
    Hypernetworks for Policy Design in Systems of Systems of Systems
    COMPLEX
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_16
Jeffrey Johnson1,*
  • 1: The Open University
*Contact email: j.h.johnson@open.ac.uk

Abstract

Hypernetworks generalise networks and hypergraphs, allowing relations between many things to be modelled by with richer structure than hypergraph edges. They provide a way of integrating bottom-up and top-down micro, meso and macrolevel dynamics in multilevel systems. They provide a natural way of representing social structures, enabling polices to be tested by computation and big data before they are implemented.