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  • Design for Flexibility

    A Human Systems Integration Approach

    by Guy André Boy ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Design for flexibility requires anticipation, preparation, creativity and experience. Future highly digital sociotechnical systems should contrast with those stemming from technology-centered engineering that produces objects and machines with the immensely codified and rigid practices we know today. Most of the time, current technologies are designed and developed for normal situations, leaving ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Sociotechnical Systems

    A Human Systems Integration Approach

    Edited by Guy Andre Boy ...
    This handbook presents a bold rethinking of Human Systems Integration (HSI) within Sociotechnical Systems (STSs), capturing the shift from traditional human-machine interaction to a dynamic, multi-agent systems approach. Drawing from various disciplines, including human factors, ergonomics, systems engineering, and artificial intelligence, the handbook explores the integration of technology, ... Read more

    $345.99 CAD

  • Risk-Taking, Prevention and Design

    A Cross-Fertilization Approach

    Edited by Guy Andre Boy, Edwige Quillerou ...
    Most approaches that contribute to the design of life-critical systems almost only consider nominal situations where procedures can be developed and used to achieve satisfactory operations. These kinds of approaches lead to rigid ways of doing things and poorly address the needs for flexibility, especially when things go wrong. It is not a matter of human adaptation but of human systems ... Read more

    $170.99 CAD

  • Complex Systems Design & Management

    Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management, CSD&M Paris 2019

    Edited by Guy André Boy, Alan Guegan, Daniel Krob, Vincent Vion ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book contains all refereed papers accepted during the tenth edition of the conference that took place at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris on December 12-13, 2019.Mastering complex systems requires an integrated understanding of industrial practices as well as sophisticated theoretical techniques and tools. This explains the creation of an annual go-between forum in Paris ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies

    Edited by André Lecours, Nikola Brassard-Dion, Guy Laforest ...
    Series Book 5 - Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series
    Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable. It involves negotiations over the very nature of the state and the implications of self- determination. Multinational democracies face pressing challenges to the existing order because they are composed of communities with distinct cultures, histories, and aspirations, striving to coexist under mutually agreed-upon terms. Conflict ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Human–Systems Integration

    From Virtual to Tangible

    by Guy André Boy ...
    Human–Systems Integration: From Virtual to TangibleSubject Guide: Ergonomics and Human FactorsThis book is an attempt to better formalize a systemic approach to human–systems integration (HSI). Good HSI is a matter of maturity… it takes time to mature. It takes time for a human being to become autonomous, and then mature! HSI is a matter of human–machine teaming, where human–machine cooperation ... Read more

    $139.99 CAD

  • Tangible Interactive Systems

    Grasping the Real World with Computers

    by Guy André Boy ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Distinguishing between tangible user interfaces (TUI) and tangible interactive systems (TISs), this book takes into account not only the user interfaces but also looks at how interaction can be enabled by using digital information through the physical environment. TISs go far beyond the concept of tangible user interfaces, addressing large complex systems in the framework of human-centred design ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations

    by Guy Laforest, André Lecours ...
    Series Book 1 - Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series
    At a time when nationalist movements are forcefully looking for new forms of political, institutional, and constitutional accommodation - if not seeking independence altogether - insight into their dynamics is more useful than ever. In The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations, Guy Laforest and André Lecours assemble an original perspective on minority nations in Belgium, Canada, Spain, and the United ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar

    A Conservation Assessment

    by Michele L. Thieme, Robin Abell, Neil Burgess, Bernhard Lehner, Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, Guy Teugels, Andre Kamdem-Toham, Melanie L. J. S. Stiassny, Paul Skelton, World Wildlife Fund ...
    Series series Ecoregions Assessments
    As part of a global effort to identify those areas where conservation measures are needed most urgently, World Wildlife Fund has assembled teams of scientists to conduct ecological assessments of all seven continents. Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar is the latest contribution, presenting in a single volume the first in-depth analysis of the state of freshwater biodiversity across ... Read more

    $147.99 CAD

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  • The People's House of Commons

    Theories of Democracy in Contention

    by David E. Smith ...
    Canada's House of Commons has come under considerable attack in recent years. Many critics have contended that the House has been unresponsive to public opinion, and that its party leaders have too much control, while leaving individual MPs essentially powerless. The House has also faced challenges by the courts since the introduction of the Charter, a powerful bureaucracy equipped with ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management

    by Andrew P. Sage, William B. Rouse ...
    The trusted handbook—now in a new editionThis newly revised handbook presents a multifaceted view of systems engineering from process and systems management perspectives. It begins with a comprehensive introduction to the subject and provides a brief overview of the thirty-four chapters that follow. This introductory chapter is intended to serve as a "field guide" that indicates why, when, and how ... Read more

    $358.99 CAD

  • Paradiplomacy in Action

    The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments

    Edited by Francisco Aldecoa, Dr Michael Keating ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization
    Offering a general view of the development of subnational foreign action around the world, this work covers topics such as the repercussions upon subnational autonomy of the progressive consistution of international regimes such as the EU, NAFTA and APEC. ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD