To tackle difficult problems ahead of us, we need to bring down the walls we have built around traditional disciplines such as petroleum engineering, geology, geophysics and geochemistry, and embark on true multi-disciplinary solutions.
The original motivation for the Opportunity Collaboration was the conviction that global poverty is rooted in multi-disciplinary problems, and so multi-disciplinary solutions are needed.
The rapidly changing conditions associated with infectious disease spread require multinational, multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary solutions.
Saga, which prides itself on not being a technology company but instead a more multi-disciplinary solution, may be poised to crack the code.
Kratos Multi-Physics [1] is an open source generic multi-disciplinary platform for solution of coupled problems consist of fluid, structure, thermal and electromagnetic fields.
Novel regenerative strategies using stem cells and multi-disciplinary approaches are attractive solutions to improve the functions of injured tissues.
And the assessment model is being applied elsewhere, for example, through the International Panel for Social Progress, through which social scientists aim to develop "research-based, multi-disciplinary, non-partisan, action-driven solutions" to pressing social challenges.
Further research is needed to assess the impact and cost of implemented solutions, such as locally customised, agreed feedback mechanisms, and/or other non-technical solutions, such as multi-disciplinary virtual and face to face education and meetings, and crossover training between primary and secondary healthcare providers.
This paper explores the roots of misunderstanding in multi-disciplinary design and presents a solution based on explicit representation of reference and frame-of-reference through three connected databases and a set of inference tools.
Workflow solutions such as multi-disciplinary clinical meetings enabled better communication and education of clinician colleagues in the Baltic States.
The current lack of success in improving industrial sustainability, coupled with the challenges of biocomplexity and resilience, indicates that sustainability is a system's problem requiring collaborative solutions with a multi-disciplinary nature.
