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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... examples which were chosen as intentionally simple illustrations ; but the same applies for more sophisticated cases which are far from being mathematically trivial . For example , ... it is a striking fact that biological systems as ...
... examples which were chosen as intentionally simple illustrations ; but the same applies for more sophisticated cases which are far from being mathematically trivial . For example , ... it is a striking fact that biological systems as ...
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... example , the law of exponential growth is applicable to very different phenomena , from radio- active decay to the extinction of human populations with insuffi- cient reproduction . This , however , is so because the formula is one of ...
... example , the law of exponential growth is applicable to very different phenomena , from radio- active decay to the extinction of human populations with insuffi- cient reproduction . This , however , is so because the formula is one of ...
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... examples . In somewhat vaguer form , a lawfulness of cultural events is generally accepted . For example , it appears to be a quite general phenomenon that art goes through a number of stages of archaism , maturity , baroque , and ...
... examples . In somewhat vaguer form , a lawfulness of cultural events is generally accepted . For example , it appears to be a quite general phenomenon that art goes through a number of stages of archaism , maturity , baroque , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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