Towards a Taxonomy of Approaches to Modern Complex Systems

Systems in the modern world are becoming more complex due to applications of new technologies, integrations across systems and changes and incremental developments to existing systems or business processes and operations, as well as ever-greater involvement of human factors. These modern complex systems vary in types and present various problems, issues and challenges that require different approaches and methodologies. This paper presents a study towards a taxonomy of approaches, or a meta-approach, to modern complex systems, which can potentially provide a more holistic view to the methodological context for modern complex systems through collective learning, and help enhance combined and integrated applications of relevant approaches.