Adaptation on the commons

Authors:
Richard M. Kim;Simon M. Kaplan
Affiliations:
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Venue:
KES'05 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - Volume Part III
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper seeks to understand how software systems and organisations co-evolve in practice and how order emerges in the overall environment. Using a metaphor of timetable as a commons, we analyse the introduction of a novel academic scheduling system to demonstrate how Complex Adaptive Systems theory provides insight into the adaptive behaviour of the various actors and how their action is both a response to and a driver of co-evolution within the engagement.