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Chapter 1
Sociotechnical
Systems:A Conceptual
Introduction
Ali Mostashari
Contents
1.1 Introduction.................................................................................................2
1.2 Tightly Coupled Social and Technological Hierarchies ................................2
1.3 Characteristics of Sociotechnical Systems.....................................................3
1.3.1 Complexity .......................................................................................3
1.3.2 Scale .................................................................................................5
1.3.3 Integration and Coupling .................................................................5
1.3.4 Interactions with the External Environment .....................................5
1.3.5 Uncertainty and Risk in Sociotechnical Systems ..............................5
1.4 Dimensions of Sociotechnical Systems .........................................................7
1.5 Sociotechnical Networks..............................................................................8
1.5.1 Security.............................................................................................8
1.5.2 Resilience..........................................................................................9
1.5.3 Reliability .........................................................................................9
1.5.4 Distributed versus Centralized Control ............................................9
1.6 Sociotechnical Networks and Cognition ....................................................10
1.7 Analyzing Sociotechnical Networks: CLIOS Analysis and the
STIN Heuristics.........................................................................................10
References ...........................................................................................................11
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