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The design of inquiring systems: basic concepts of systems and organization

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Basic Books, 1971 - Computers - 288 pages
Relates the principles of operation research and systems engineering to the philosophical systems of Leibniz, Locke, Kant, Hegel, and Singer

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Contents

Design and Inquiry
3
Fact Nets
19
The Anatomy of Goal Seeking
42
Copyright

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The design of inquiring systems: basic concepts of systems and organization
The design of inquiring systems: basic concepts of systems and organization
Charles West Churchman
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TitleThe design of inquiring systems: basic concepts of systems and organization
AuthorCharles West Churchman
PublisherBasic Books, 1971
Original fromthe University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized17 Apr 2008
Length288 pages
Subjects › 

Computers / General
Organization
Science
Science - Philosophy
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Science / System Theory
Science/ Philosophy
Social systems
System analysis
System theory
  
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