Root cause of failure, root cause of success

Re:Root cause of failure, root cause of success by di4na on Sunday August 15, 2021 @04:32AM (#28187138)

[Citation needed] on the chain analogy being applicable to complex systems safety. Because the research disagree on that.

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Re:Root cause of failure, root cause of success by rramadass on Sunday August 15, 2021 @07:01AM (#28187775)

Huh? See https://how.complexsystems.fail/ and watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0k12uZR14

The "chain analogy" is just that i.e. a Metaphor. You need to map it to your studies in Systems Science and Complexity Science.

Start with the works of Henry Petroski. Then look at the works of Nassim Taleb, in particular Antifragile. Finally, do a search for "Failure in Complex Systems" and you get tons of journal articles one of which i have listed above.

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Re:Root cause of failure, root cause of success by di4na on Sunday August 15, 2021 @08:42AM (#28188322)

I uh. I know all of these really well. That is the one i would use to tell you you are wrong in the analogy of the chain. These all say that our systems do not work like chains.

Oh and btw, all these scholars consider Taleb like a wanker for a reason :)

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