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Page 91
Their behaviour has been described as 'counter-intuitive', in the sense that if one
makes some changes to the system with the intention of producing a certain
effect, the actual response often turns out to be something quite unanticipated.
Their behaviour has been described as 'counter-intuitive', in the sense that if one
makes some changes to the system with the intention of producing a certain
effect, the actual response often turns out to be something quite unanticipated.
Page 114
The type of behaviour of progressive systems which we have just been
discussing – a tendency to lead rather firmly in a smallish number of alternative
directions – is found not only in material systems, but in psychological and
cultural ones.
The type of behaviour of progressive systems which we have just been
discussing – a tendency to lead rather firmly in a smallish number of alternative
directions – is found not only in material systems, but in psychological and
cultural ones.
Page 208
Of course measurements of demand for some facility are dependent upon
variables such as human preferences and the oddities of individual behaviour.
Mathematical models and computer simulations of human behaviour have been
...
Of course measurements of demand for some facility are dependent upon
variables such as human preferences and the oddities of individual behaviour.
Mathematical models and computer simulations of human behaviour have been
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tools for Thought |
| Author | Conrad Hal Waddington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cape, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2009 |
| ISBN | 0224010778, 9780224010771 |
| Length | 250 pages |
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