General System Theory: Foundations, Development, ApplicationsAn attempt to formulate common laws that apply to virtually every scientific field, this conceptual approach has had a profound impact on such widely diverse disciplines as biology, economics, psychology, and demography. |
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... machine S must be coupled to another machine . This concise statement permits observation of the limitations of this approach . We completely agree that description by dif- ferential equations is not only a clumsy but , in principle ...
... machine S must be coupled to another machine . This concise statement permits observation of the limitations of this approach . We completely agree that description by dif- ferential equations is not only a clumsy but , in principle ...
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... machine will " evolve " toward showing even numbers ( because products even × even as well as even × odd give numbers even ) , and eventually only zeros will be " surviving . " In still another version Ashby quotes Shan- non's Tenth ...
... machine will " evolve " toward showing even numbers ( because products even × even as well as even × odd give numbers even ) , and eventually only zeros will be " surviving . " In still another version Ashby quotes Shan- non's Tenth ...
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... machine , only mechanical machines existed . Hence the animal was a com- plicated clockwork . Borelli , Harvey and other so - called iatro- physicists explained the functions of muscles , of the heart , etc. , by mechanical principles ...
... machine , only mechanical machines existed . Hence the animal was a com- plicated clockwork . Borelli , Harvey and other so - called iatro- physicists explained the functions of muscles , of the heart , etc. , by mechanical principles ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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allometric animals appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural cybernetics defined differential dynamic elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis homeostatic human behavior important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena philosophy physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulations relations scheme scientific sense servomechanisms similar so-called sociology specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion Unity of Science universe vitalistic weight whole world picture York
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