Effects and Design Guidelines for Communicating in Complex Systems

Abstract

The expansion of complex systems has taken on considerable proportions. Due to the increase in numericity and the conditions of use, the risk of errors and accidents increases. Reducing this risk can be obtained by designing complex systems. Complex systems are built up of a combination of distributed collaborative subsystems. The design can be divided into two main parts, the behaviour of the components and the overall operation of the components. The protocol describes the communication and collaboration of the components. Complex systems can be open and closed, but they should always be treated as open in terms of protocol, so one cannot trust the units to follow the expected behaviour. The task of the protocol is to prevent escalation of the component failure and the internal error of the protocol. The design of the current complex systems is reviewed and summarised. Their effective methods are integrated into a complex system design guideline.