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Stephen Lansing, Sean S. Downey, in Philosophy of Complex Systems, 2011. This paper presents a conceptual model for a renewed consideration of the complex adaptive systems (CAS) perspective in operations and supply chain management research. Complex Adaptive Systems A complex adaptive system is a system which persists in spite of changes in the 0000002009 00000 n Complex Adaptive Systems Serena Chan ESD.83 Research Seminar in Engineering Systems October 31, 2001/November 6, 2001 1 Introduction Complexity theory is a relatively new field that began in the mid-1980s at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico. Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) and Complexity Theory. Complex Adaptive Schools 8 Figure 2: A Decentralized Network Creating a Common School Culture While complexity theory underscores the emergent and variable nature of system interactions, complex systems do not produce infinite outcomes. 1 Complex Adaptive Systems Complex adaptive systems (CAS) are all around us. 0000003788 00000 n Common examples given are ecosystems, financial markets, the brain, ant colonies, economies, and many other examples where large numbers of constituents independently interact on a local level that yield some unanticipated nonlinear outcome at scale. Business organizations, typified by semi-autonomous organizational members interacting at many levels of cognition and action, can be portrayed by the generic constructs and driving mechanisms of complex adaptive systems theory. Although its ideas have deep historical roots (Marion, 1999; Simon, 1996), the movement gained ground in the 1980s with formation of the Santa Fe Institute (Pascale, 1999). 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