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Paper on Complexity Theory and Cost Risk Management, Joan Ronner
Complexity Theory Graduate Student Joan Roanna Requests Assistance wi

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0505 - Summary/Objective
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050601 - Follow up ref SDS 2 0001.
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050603 - Received a letter the other day on 020311, ref DRT 1 0003, from Joan
050604 - Ronner asking for the paper referenced in the record on 970707 that
050605 - explains management systems degrade to entropy because of information
050606 - overload. ref SDS 1 0611
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050608 - Joan is a graduate student from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in
050609 - Holland, working on an exam paper which has to sort out complexity and
050610 - its related costs.  Joan wants the article and other relevant
050611 - information on complexity costs.
050612 -
050613 - Submitted a response, ref DRT 1 0002, saying....
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050615 -   1.  Responding to your letter asking for sources on complexity
050616 -       theory, you can get the article by clicking on references in the
050617 -       record on 970707. ref SDS 1 0611
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050619 -   2.  The problem of complexity that drives costs, ref DRT 1
050620 -       C19L, is discussed in the same record at line 301231.
050621 -       ref SDS 1 OK4M
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050623 -   3.  Additionally, the US Army Corps of Engineers issued a report on
050624 -       971007, ref DRT 1 T24I, that calculated savings from reducing
050625 -       the level of bumbling caused by complexity of daily
050626 -       communications that routinely devolve into entropy. ref DRP 1
050627 -       4172
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050629 -   4.  There is a detailed explanation calculating cost savings in the
050630 -       attachment to the report under para 4b for "rework."
050631 -       ref DRP 1 4680
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050633 -   5.  Would like to see any report or analysis you develop along these
050634 -       lines.
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050636 - Joan's letter dated 020312 says...
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050638 -     Thank you for the response.  Within 2 weeks I'll be following
050639 -     education in this matter at St. Gallen University Switserland. I
050640 -     think this research is quite promising. You will be kept up to
050641 -     date concerning the outcomes. ref DRT 1 0001
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