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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... fields , and to help in useful transfers from one field to another ; ( 2 ) en- courage the development of adequate theoretical models in the fields which lack them ; ( 3 ) minimize the duplication of theoretical effort in different fields ...
... fields , and to help in useful transfers from one field to another ; ( 2 ) en- courage the development of adequate theoretical models in the fields which lack them ; ( 3 ) minimize the duplication of theoretical effort in different fields ...
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... fields . There are correspondences in the principles that govern the behavior of entities that are , intrinsically , widely different . To take a simple example , an exponential law of growth applies to certain bacterial cells , to ...
... fields . There are correspondences in the principles that govern the behavior of entities that are , intrinsically , widely different . To take a simple example , an exponential law of growth applies to certain bacterial cells , to ...
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... fields , in mechanics , in physical chemistry as Le Châtelier's principle which , as may be proved , is also valid for open systems , in electricity as Lenz's rule , in population theory according to Volterra , etc. A principle of ...
... fields , in mechanics , in physical chemistry as Le Châtelier's principle which , as may be proved , is also valid for open systems , in electricity as Lenz's rule , in population theory according to Volterra , etc. A principle of ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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