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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... emphasizes consideration of the organism as a whole or system , and sees the main objective of biological sciences in ... emphasized by leading Ameri- can biologists ( Dubos , 1964 , 1967 ; Dobzhansky , 1966 ; Commoner , 1961 ) without ...
... emphasizes consideration of the organism as a whole or system , and sees the main objective of biological sciences in ... emphasized by leading Ameri- can biologists ( Dubos , 1964 , 1967 ; Dobzhansky , 1966 ; Commoner , 1961 ) without ...
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... emphasizes differently , and with a wealth of experimental evidence , the same basic concept of the autonomous activity of ... emphasized exclusively the tendency toward equilibrium . It is the original homeostasis principle with which ...
... emphasizes differently , and with a wealth of experimental evidence , the same basic concept of the autonomous activity of ... emphasized exclusively the tendency toward equilibrium . It is the original homeostasis principle with which ...
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... emphasized especially the aspects of organization , whole- ness , and dynamics , and sketched their influence in the various sciences . In physics , these conceptions are characteristic of modern in contrast to classical physics . In ...
... emphasized especially the aspects of organization , whole- ness , and dynamics , and sketched their influence in the various sciences . In physics , these conceptions are characteristic of modern in contrast to classical physics . In ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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