A system that allows third parties to make products that plug into or interoperate with it. For example, the PC is an open system. Although the fundamental standards are controlled by Microsoft, Intel ...
You might not think about open systems on a daily basis, but the truth is, you’re surrounded by them. Decades ago, the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created ...
Open system theory is a biological theory that has been adapted to business organizational structure theories. It may seem odd that biology has anything to do with business, but the theory recognizes ...
Recently at a conference, one of my media colleagues asked an interesting, and basic, question: What exactly is an open system? Many of us think we know what an open system is, but the ensuing ...
In the information technology world, open-source platforms and software, as an alternative to proprietary ones, have long been commonly accepted. In process controls, not so much. That could be ...
What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...
Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft was selected by the U.S. Army as its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft using MOSA considerations. (Bell) Modular Open System Architecture, or MOSA, has long ...
The control of quantum systems is of fundamental scientific interest and promises powerful applications and technologies. Impressive progress has been achieved in isolating quantum systems from the ...
You might not think about open systems on a daily basis, but the truth is, you’re surrounded by them. Decades ago, the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created ...