{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1968013427","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","title":"Positive Deviance Approach for Identifying Next-Generation System Engineering Best Practices","display_name":"Positive Deviance Approach for Identifying Next-Generation System Engineering Best Practices","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1968013427","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","mag":"1968013427"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S120348307","display_name":"Procedia Computer Science","issn_l":"1877-0509","issn":["1877-0509"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Procedia Computer Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013544667","display_name":"Steven Doskey","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193531525","display_name":"George Washington University","ror":"https://ror.org/00y4zzh67","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Steven Doskey","raw_affiliation_strings":["The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050432319","display_name":"Thomas A. Mazzuchi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4584-4018"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193531525","display_name":"George Washington University","ror":"https://ror.org/00y4zzh67","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Mazzuchi","raw_affiliation_strings":["The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109336689","display_name":"Shahram Sarkani","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193531525","display_name":"George Washington University","ror":"https://ror.org/00y4zzh67","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Shahram Sarkani","raw_affiliation_strings":["The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"The George Washington University , Washington , D.C. , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5109336689"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193531525"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":null,"first_page":"1112","last_page":"1121"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11810","display_name":"Complex Systems and Decision Making","score":0.9948999881744385,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11810","display_name":"Complex Systems and Decision Making","score":0.9948999881744385,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12000","display_name":"Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications","score":0.9857000112533569,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12659","display_name":"Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting","score":0.9850999712944031,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8877454996109009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deviance","display_name":"Deviance (statistics)","score":0.540349543094635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/positive-deviance","display_name":"Positive deviance","score":0.5397890210151672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.35308724641799927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.20334628224372864}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8877454996109009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177599991","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3706279","display_name":"Deviance (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.540349543094635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775963511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045495","display_name":"Positive deviance","level":2,"score":0.5397890210151672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.35308724641799927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.20334628224372864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S120348307","display_name":"Procedia Computer Science","issn_l":"1877-0509","issn":["1877-0509"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Procedia Computer Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.117","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S120348307","display_name":"Procedia Computer Science","issn_l":"1877-0509","issn":["1877-0509"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Procedia Computer Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","score":0.6000000238418579,"display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W28524813","https://openalex.org/W606009125","https://openalex.org/W1655241331","https://openalex.org/W1985749752","https://openalex.org/W2005260975","https://openalex.org/W2019469924","https://openalex.org/W2071304386","https://openalex.org/W2091573805","https://openalex.org/W2098725969","https://openalex.org/W2100573616","https://openalex.org/W2110694538","https://openalex.org/W2126277341","https://openalex.org/W2130067743","https://openalex.org/W2310860650","https://openalex.org/W2332347705","https://openalex.org/W3124175488","https://openalex.org/W4253543067","https://openalex.org/W6618500958"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1985932489","https://openalex.org/W1547144105","https://openalex.org/W2089662712","https://openalex.org/W346491657","https://openalex.org/W2358418443","https://openalex.org/W1986194736","https://openalex.org/W2062461789","https://openalex.org/W2402123677","https://openalex.org/W3183856794","https://openalex.org/W3180638954"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Systems":[0,22,63,118,144,169],"Engineering":[1,23,64,145,170],"practices,":[2],"methods,":[3],"and":[4,27,32,60,159,178],"processes":[5,28,140],"are":[6],"rapidly":[7],"evolving":[8],"to":[9,97,112,142,166],"keep":[10],"pace":[11],"with":[12],"the":[13,38,42,129,132],"accelerated":[14],"advances":[15],"occurring":[16,40],"in":[17,80,117,175],"complex":[18,45],"systems":[19],"development.":[20,47],"Often,":[21],"curricula":[24,116],"reflect":[25],"methods":[26],"proven":[29,78],"over":[30,74],"time":[31],"as":[33,84],"such":[34],"don\u2019t":[35],"necessarily":[36],"convey":[37],"changes":[39],"at":[41,67],"forefront":[43],"of":[44,77,87,93,107,131,156],"system":[46],"This":[48,120,148],"paper":[49,95,121,149],"explores":[50],"an":[51,153],"alternative":[52],"approach":[53,135],"-":[54,57],"Positive":[55,71,133],"Deviance":[56,72,134],"for":[58,101,128,173],"researching":[59],"identifying":[61,88],"next-generation":[62,168],"best":[65,110,146,171],"practices":[66,111,172],"this":[68,94],"knowledge":[69,138],"horizon.":[70],"has":[73],"two":[75],"decades":[76],"use":[79,165],"social":[81],"sciences":[82],"disciplines":[83],"a":[85,99,103,123],"means":[86],"behavioral":[89],"patterns.":[90],"The":[91],"intent":[92],"is":[96],"demonstrate":[98],"method":[100],"maintaining":[102],"continuously":[104],"refreshed":[105],"repertoire":[106],"leading":[108],"edge":[109],"supplement":[113],"traditional":[114],"training":[115,177],"Engineering.":[119],"presents":[122],"proposed":[124],"model":[125],"(DISCO":[126],"Model)":[127],"integration":[130],"into":[136],"current":[137],"elicitation":[139],"used":[141],"capture":[143,167],"practices.":[147],"focuses":[150],"on":[151],"providing":[152],"exploratory":[154],"discussion":[155],"useful":[157],"steps":[158],"guidelines":[160],"that":[161],"prospective":[162],"educators":[163],"could":[164],"inclusion":[174],"their":[176],"education":[179],"curricula.":[180]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}