The F35 – Too Complex To Succeed?
A recent article on the troubles and tribulations of the F 35 fighter claims that: “… this flying supercomputer …..isContinue Reading
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Measuring the Complexity of Sounds and Music
Have you ever wondered how complex a sound is? Our brain is fairly good at recognizing sounds or pieces ofContinue Reading
Risk = Probability X Consequences. Really?
(image from http://www.impactlab.net) Probably the most frequently used definition of risk is this one: Risk = the Probability ofContinue Reading
Why Can’t Huge Problems be Solved (Anymore)?
Before you start to solve a problem (a numerical problem) you should check its conditioning. An ill-conditioned problem will produceContinue Reading
Optimal Does NOT Mean Best
In the second half of the twentieth century it has become very popular to seek optimal solutions to a broadContinue Reading
Can Simulation Technology Really Help Companies Do Business?
For someone who has been doing simulation for the last 30 years it is not easy to say no. LargeContinue Reading
Is it Possible to Make Predictions?
Prediction of the future has always been man’s dream. However, there is an overwhelming amount of physical evidence that thisContinue Reading
The Principle of Fragility
The following equation, which we call the Principle of Fragility, has been coined by Ontonix in early 2005 and indicatesContinue Reading
The 18 Truths About Complexity
A paper copyrighted in 1998, called How Complex Systems Fail and written by an M.D., Dr. Richard Cook, describes 18Continue Reading
Protected: A Different Look at Air Traffic
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Artificial Intuition 