scholarly journals Macroscopic complexity from an autonomous network of networks of theta neurons

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanushree B. Luke ◽  
Ernest Barreto ◽  
Paul So
Keyword(s):  
Theta Neurons ◽  
Autonomous Network ◽  
Network Of Networks

A network of networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Iedema ◽  
Raj Verma ◽  
Sonia Wutzke ◽  
Nigel Lyons ◽  
Brian McCaughan
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health System ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
System Reform ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Networks ◽  
Network Of Networks

Purpose To further our insight into the role of networks in health system reform, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how one agency, the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI), and the multiple networks and enabling resources that it encompasses, govern, manage and extend the potential of networks for healthcare practice improvement. Design/methodology/approach This is a case study investigation which took place over ten months through the first author’s participation in network activities and discussions with the agency’s staff about their main objectives, challenges and achievements, and with selected services around the state of New South Wales to understand the agency’s implementation and large system transformation activities. Findings The paper demonstrates that ACI accommodates multiple networks whose oversight structures, self-organisation and systems change approaches combined in dynamic ways, effectively yield a diversity of network governances. Further, ACI bears out a paradox of “centralised decentralisation”, co-locating agents of innovation with networks of implementation and evaluation expertise. This arrangement strengthens and legitimates the role of the strategic hybrid – the healthcare professional in pursuit of change and improvement, and enhances their influence and impact on the wider system. Research limitations/implications While focussing the case study on one agency only, this study is unique as it highlights inter-network connections. Contributing to the literature on network governance, this paper identifies ACI as a “network of networks” through which resources, expectations and stakeholder dynamics are dynamically and flexibly mediated and enhanced. Practical implications The co-location of and dynamic interaction among clinical networks may create synergies among networks, nurture “strategic hybrids”, and enhance the impact of network activities on health system reform. Social implications Network governance requires more from network members than participation in a single network, as it involves health service professionals and consumers in a multi-network dynamic. This dynamic requires deliberations and collaborations to be flexible, and it increasingly positions members as “strategic hybrids” – people who have moved on from singular taken-as-given stances and identities, towards hybrid positionings and flexible perspectives. Originality/value This paper is novel in that it identifies a critical feature of health service reform and large system transformation: network governance is empowered through the dynamic co-location of and collaboration among healthcare networks, particularly when complemented with “enabler” teams of people specialising in programme implementation and evaluation.

Gravitational Search Algorithm for Optimal Distributed Generation Operation in Autonomous Network

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 7183-7188 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Jamian ◽  
M. W. Mustafa ◽  
H. Mokhlis ◽  
M. A. Baharudin ◽  
A. M. Abdilahi
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Generation ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Gravitational Search Algorithm ◽  
Autonomous Network ◽  
Gravitational Search

Network of networks for immigrants' health

2012 ◽  
pp. 148-161
Author(s):  
Salvatore Geraci ◽  
Chiara Bodini
Keyword(s):  
Network Of Networks

scholarly journals Agricultural Collaborative Research Outcomes System (AgCROS): A network of networks connecting food security, the environment, and human health

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 158A-164A ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Delgado ◽  
Bruce Vandenberg ◽  
Nicole Kaplan ◽  
Donna Neer ◽  
Greg Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Network Of Networks

scholarly journals Modelling Forest Fires Using Complex Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Sara Perestrelo ◽  
Maria C. Grácio ◽  
Nuno A. Ribeiro ◽  
Luís M. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Spreading Process ◽  
Multilayer Network ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
Rate Of Spread ◽  
Spreading Dynamics ◽  
Fire Spreading ◽  
Network Of Networks

Forest fires have been a major threat to the environment throughout history. In order to mitigate its consequences, we present, in a first of a series of works, a mathematical model with the purpose of predicting fire spreading in a given land portion divided into patches, considering the area and the rate of spread of each patch as inputs. The rate of spread can be estimated from previous knowledge on fuel availability, weather and terrain conditions. We compute the time duration of the spreading process in a land patch in order to construct and parametrize a landscape network, using cellular automata simulations. We use the multilayer network model to propose a network of networks at the landscape scale, where the nodes are the local patches, each with their own spreading dynamics. We compute some respective network measures and aim, in further work, for the establishment of a fire-break structure according to increasing accuracy simulation results.

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