Perspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy, Healthcare, Security, and Resilience

Examines current and prospective challenges surrounding complex systems based on current developments in technology, security and the economy

This book introduces up–to–date issues in large–scale private systems in the United States and around the world. The author focuses in large–scale complex systems such as education, energy, healthcare, and national security. Content on education includes America′s use of student funds, static standardized results, use of classroom technology, and usage of a globalized benchmark for both student and pedagogical performance.  On the topic of energy, this book discusses debates on climate, the current and future developments of the nuclear power industry, increases in burning fossil fuels, and the benefits and cost decline of natural gases. Topics surrounding healthcare include big data, evolving medical methodologies and effects on the medical educational curriculum, and the positive effects of electronic records in healthcare data. The last major topic, national security, goes into detail about terrorism and cyber security. Topics such as surveillance, operation capabilities, movement of resources, and the pros and cons of globalization are weaved in with the other major subjects.

Perspectives on National Challenges Education, Energy Healthcare & Security serves as a reference for government officials, personnel in security, business executives and system engineers.   

William B. Rouse, PhD, is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics in Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Director of the university wide Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises. He is also Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

William B. Rouse, PhD, is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics in Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Director of the university wide Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises. He is also Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.