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From Interdisciplinary Synthesis to an Emerging Research Programme: Measurement Architecture and Scientific Self-Correction in Complex Adaptive Systems

2026/06/28 by Bernd von Mallinckrodt · 1 voice
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems #Military Strategy and Technology #Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications

paper · doi:10.5281/zenodo.21003292

openalex publication_date 2026/06/28 · openalex created_date 2026/06/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

Dieses Manuskript dokumentiert die Entwicklung eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprogramms zur Frage, wie komplexe adaptive Systeme ihre Fähigkeit zur Selbstkorrektur verlieren können. Im Mittelpunkt steht Measurement Architecture als gemeinsames Organisationsprinzip, das Konzepte aus Kybernetik, Regelungstechnik, Frühwarnsignal-Forschung, Resilienzforschung, Organisationswissenschaft und Informationsgeometrie miteinander verbindet. Anstatt eine neue universelle Theorie zu behaupten, positioniert die Arbeit das Ergebnis ausdrücklich als Emerging Research Programme im Sinne von Imre Lakatos. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der transparenten wissenschaftlichen Selbstkorrektur, der klaren Abgrenzung zwischen bestehendem Wissen und eigenem Beitrag sowie auf einer Forschungsagenda für zukünftige mathematische Formalisierung und empirische Validierung. Keywords: Measurement Architecture, Scientific Self-Correction, Emerging Research Programme, Complex Adaptive Systems, Observability, Early Warning Signals, Cybernetics, Control Theory, Resilience Engineering, Organizational Learning, Information Geometry, Boundary Object, Interdisciplinary Research, Systems Science, Critical Transitions. Description (English) This manuscript documents the development of an interdisciplinary research programme investigating how complex adaptive systems may lose their capacity for self-correction. Its central contribution is the introduction of Measurement Architecture as an organizing concept that integrates perspectives from cybernetics, control theory, early warning signal research, resilience engineering, organizational learning, and information geometry. Rather than proposing a completed scientific theory, the manuscript explicitly positions the work as an Emerging Research Programme in the Lakatosian sense. It emphasizes transparent scientific self-correction, a clear distinction between inherited knowledge and original contributions, and a structured roadmap toward future mathematical formalization, computational modeling, and empirical validation. Keywords: Measurement Architecture, Scientific Self-Correction, Emerging Research Programme, Complex Adaptive Systems, Observability, Early Warning Signals, Cybernetics, Control Theory, Resilience Engineering, Organizational Learning, Information Geometry, Boundary Object, Interdisciplinary Research, Systems Science, Critical Transitions.

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