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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... components , which at first resembles the distribution of components in a chemical system in equilibrium and which , to a large extent , is main- tained under different conditions , after disturbances , at different body size , etc ...
... components , which at first resembles the distribution of components in a chemical system in equilibrium and which , to a large extent , is main- tained under different conditions , after disturbances , at different body size , etc ...
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... components is established although it is not , as in a closed system , based on an equilibrium of reversible reactions , but the reactions are partly irreversible . Moreover , the ratio of components in the steady state depends only on ...
... components is established although it is not , as in a closed system , based on an equilibrium of reversible reactions , but the reactions are partly irreversible . Moreover , the ratio of components in the steady state depends only on ...
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... components of the next lower level . Thus , the multicellular organism maintains itself in and by the exchange of cells , the cell in the exchange of cell structures , these in the exchange of composing chemical com- pounds , etc. As a ...
... components of the next lower level . Thus , the multicellular organism maintains itself in and by the exchange of cells , the cell in the exchange of cell structures , these in the exchange of composing chemical com- pounds , etc. As a ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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