It has been a while since we analyzed global covid-19 data (Worldometers is source). The reason we have suspended our analyses is that the reporting of covid-related deaths – “died because of covid” or “died with covid” – is not a transparent process hence it lends itself to manipulation. Analyzing warped data makes little sense.…
OEE– Overall Equipment Effectiveness, is a quantifying term which has been evolved from production lines effectiveness measurements. The term depicts in simple words to do the right function (Performance), in the right way (Quality) at the right time (Availability). The mathematical equation is: OEE= P x Q x A Using this idea, which is well…
From “Governing a Liquid Society”, by J. Marczyk, 2019. It is said that the World is complex and that it is becoming more complex every year. This statement appears to be true, but just how complex is that? Complexity is certainly the hallmark of our time. Systems which grow or evolve tend spontaneously to states…
From “Governing a Liquid Society”, by J. Marczyk, 2019. Complexity, apart from being a characteristic of all systems – it is as important as energy – is what most of us think it to be: a measure of how something is intricate, involved, difficult. More intricate systems require more information to describe the way they…
The Quantitative Complexity Theory (QCT) has been conceived around a complexity metric discovered in the early 2000s by J. Marczyk and his team. Based on the theory, a technology has been built – Quantitative Complexity Management (QCM). Both software and hardware solutions have been developed. QCM is a new form of Artificial Intelligence that reaches…
A few years ago, our company was given the task of simulating bank mergers. From a pool of several hundred banks we simulated hundreds of mergers – large banks with large banks, small ones with large ones, mid-size banks with large banks and with small ones. This result was extraordinary and remarkable to say the…
The evolution of man, ever since the first hominids appeared, has been driven and characterized by numerous factors of diverse nature, such as geography, climate, ethnicity, superstitions and, with time, religion, art, science and philosophy, just to name a few. However, the common thread that may be observed throughout history is the formation of structures…
AFFIRMO is a recently funded Horizon 2020 five-year research project. Multimorbidity is a common condition in older age, and can substantially influence individuals’ health and quality of life, making management more difficult. A single-disease approach with fragmented care is still prevalent in current healthcare systems despite multimorbidity representing a heterogeneous spectrum of disease combination(s). On…
Contemporary real time system monitoring appears to be the same in each discipline and field of application. Whether it is an aircraft, a chemical plant, a hospitalized patient or an assembly line, the logic is always the same: Deploy a set of sensors Establish admissible upper and lower bounds for each sensor (channel) Define a…
A fundamental property of the complexity metric developed by Ontonix is that it has bounds – a lower and an upper bound. This means that it cannot assume infinite values (both negative and positive). If it could it wouldn’t be a good metric. All good metrics satisfy the laws of physics For example, a temperature…
