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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... thermodynamics by Prigogine . The only attempt I know of to fill this gap is a further generali- zation of irreversible thermodynamics by Reik ( 1953 ) , who at- tempted to introduce time explicitly into the equations of thermodynamics ...
... thermodynamics by Prigogine . The only attempt I know of to fill this gap is a further generali- zation of irreversible thermodynamics by Reik ( 1953 ) , who at- tempted to introduce time explicitly into the equations of thermodynamics ...
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... thermodynamics . Detailed discussion of the theory of open systems can be found in the literature ( extensive bibliographies in von Bertalanffy 1953a , 1960b ) . So I shall restrict myself to saying that such systems have remarkable ...
... thermodynamics . Detailed discussion of the theory of open systems can be found in the literature ( extensive bibliographies in von Bertalanffy 1953a , 1960b ) . So I shall restrict myself to saying that such systems have remarkable ...
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... thermodynamics ( ther- mostatics ) rather than irreversible thermodynamics of open sys- tems . However , the latter is presupposed if the system ( like the living organism ) is to be " self - organizing " ( Foerster and Zopf , 1962 ) ...
... thermodynamics ( ther- mostatics ) rather than irreversible thermodynamics of open sys- tems . However , the latter is presupposed if the system ( like the living organism ) is to be " self - organizing " ( Foerster and Zopf , 1962 ) ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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