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Complex car electronics spark rise in breakdowns.

A recent march, 2024 article speaks of how: “figures show that increasingly complicated electronics in cars have prompted a surge in expensive breakdowns.” And yet car manufacturers seem to ignore the fundemantal fact that high complexity is a path to guaranteed vulnerability and are constantly dreaming up increasingly complex and ambitious features that will only make matters worse. While…

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Complexity-Induced Risk

Complexity-Induced Risk refers to the heightened potential for adverse outcomes arising from the intricate and interconnected nature of a system. This risk emerges when the complexity of a system—whether technological, financial, ecological, or organizational—reaches critical levels, leading to unpredictable interactions that are difficult to foresee, manage, or mitigate. This level of complexity…

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Complexity and Revisiting Anomaly Detection

Complexity and Revisiting Anomaly Detection

Wikipedia: “In data mining, anomaly detection (also outlier detection) is the identification of rare items, events or observations which raise suspicions by differing significantly from the majority of the data. Typically the anomalous items will translate to some kind of problem such as bank fraud, a structural defect, medical problems or errors in a text. Anomalies are also referred to as…

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Why highly complex systems usually operate in failure mode

Why highly complex systems usually operate in failure mode

(U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Andy Wolfe/Released)

  The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, have been increasing over the past few decades and there is evidence the trend will continue. Complexity means functionality. Consider how many things can be done with smart-phones, in addition to making phone calls! Think of automobiles,…

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