Modelling the human components of complex systems

Author

Hodgson, Allan ; Siemieniuch, Carys E. ; Hubbard, Ella-Mae ; Sinclair, Murray A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Complex systems are specified, designed, built and tested by humans, all of whom are immersed in a cultural environment that colours their emotions, cognition, decisions and behaviours. This paper presents a brief overview of culture, its sources, its measurement and its effects on the performance of complex systems. This paper also describes a series of culture and personality modelling tools that the authors have developed for the purpose of assessing the match of individuals and teams to missions or tasks, based on their cultural backgrounds and/or personality traits.

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; cognition; human factors; large-scale systems; complex system; cultural background; cultural environment; human component modelling; personality modelling tool; Buildings; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Electronic equipment testing; Humans; International collaboration; Power system modeling; System testing; Systems engineering and theory; Technological innovation; complex systems; cultural dimensions; ethnic culture; multicultural teams; personality traits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System of Systems Engineering (SoSE), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8197-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SYSOSE.2010.5544068

Filename

5544068