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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... Volterra , Gause and others . It will certainly be found that Volterra's biological theory and the theory of quantitative economics are isomorphic in many respects . There are , however , many aspects of organizations which do not ...
... Volterra , Gause and others . It will certainly be found that Volterra's biological theory and the theory of quantitative economics are isomorphic in many respects . There are , however , many aspects of organizations which do not ...
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... Volterra theory , Volterra's so- called first law being that of periodic cycles in populations of two species , one of which feeds at the expense of the other . The important law of oligopoly states that , if there are competing ...
... Volterra theory , Volterra's so- called first law being that of periodic cycles in populations of two species , one of which feeds at the expense of the other . The important law of oligopoly states that , if there are competing ...
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... Volterra ( 1931 ) for competition among species , and , correspondingly , by Spiegelman ( 1945 ) for competition within an organism . Since these cases are fully discussed in the literature we shall not enter into a detailed discussion ...
... Volterra ( 1931 ) for competition among species , and , correspondingly , by Spiegelman ( 1945 ) for competition within an organism . Since these cases are fully discussed in the literature we shall not enter into a detailed discussion ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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