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Table 1.2 An Informal Survey of Main Levels in the Hierarchy of Systems. Partly in
pursuance of Boulding, 1956b DESCRIPTION AND EXAMPLES THEORY AND
MODELS Static structures Clock works Control mechanisms Atoms, molecules, ...
Table 1.2 An Informal Survey of Main Levels in the Hierarchy of Systems. Partly in
pursuance of Boulding, 1956b DESCRIPTION AND EXAMPLES THEORY AND
MODELS Static structures Clock works Control mechanisms Atoms, molecules, ...
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Examples are the mechanisms of thermoregulation, of maintenance of osmotic
pressure, of pH, of salt concentration, the regulation of posture and so forth.
These regulations are governed, in a wide extent, by feedback mechanisms.
Feedback ...
Examples are the mechanisms of thermoregulation, of maintenance of osmotic
pressure, of pH, of salt concentration, the regulation of posture and so forth.
These regulations are governed, in a wide extent, by feedback mechanisms.
Feedback ...
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It appears that equifinality is responsible for the primary regulability of organic
systems— i.e., for all those regulations which cannot be based upon
predetermined structures or mechanisms, but on the contrary, exclude such
mechanisms and ...
It appears that equifinality is responsible for the primary regulability of organic
systems— i.e., for all those regulations which cannot be based upon
predetermined structures or mechanisms, but on the contrary, exclude such
mechanisms and ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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| Title | General system theory: foundations, development, applications International Library of Systems Theory and Philosophy |
| Author | Ludwig von Bertalanffy |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | G. Braziller, 1973 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › Cybernetics Science Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects Science / System Theory System analysis System theory Systems engineering |
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