Anti-fragile ICT Systems

This book introduces a novel approach to the design and operation of large ICT systems. It views the technical solutions and their stakeholders as complex adaptive systems and argues that traditional risk analyses cannot predict all future incidents with

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Kjell Jørgen Hole

Anti-fragile ICT Systems

Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing Volume 1

Editor-in-chief Aslak Tveito, Fornebu, Norway Series editors Are Magnus Bruaset, Fornebu, Norway Kimberly Claffy, San Diego, USA Magne Jørgensen, Fornebu, Norway Hans Petter Langtangen, Fornebu, Norway Olav Lysne, Fornebu, Norway Andrew McCulloch, La Jolla, USA Fabian Theis, Neuherberg, Germany Karen Willcox, Cambridge, USA Andreas Zeller, Saarbrücken, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13548

Kjell Jørgen Hole

Anti-fragile ICT Systems

Kjell Jørgen Hole Department of Informatics University of Bergen Bergen Norway

Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing ISBN 978-3-319-30068-9 ISBN 978-3-319-30070-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30070-2

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Foreword

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