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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... fundamental importance for the explanation of physio- logical processes . An example is the function of blood , to transport oxygen from the lung to the tissues of the body and , conversely , carbon dioxide formed in the tissues to the ...
... fundamental importance for the explanation of physio- logical processes . An example is the function of blood , to transport oxygen from the lung to the tissues of the body and , conversely , carbon dioxide formed in the tissues to the ...
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... fundamental contrast between chemical equilibria and the metabolizing organisms . The organism is not a static system closed to the outside and always containing the identical components ; it is an open system in a ( quasi- ) steady ...
... fundamental contrast between chemical equilibria and the metabolizing organisms . The organism is not a static system closed to the outside and always containing the identical components ; it is an open system in a ( quasi- ) steady ...
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... fundamental mystery of living systems ; all other characteristics such as metabolism , growth , development , self - regulation , reproduction , stimulus - response , autonomous ac- tivity , etc. , are ultimately consequences of this ...
... fundamental mystery of living systems ; all other characteristics such as metabolism , growth , development , self - regulation , reproduction , stimulus - response , autonomous ac- tivity , etc. , are ultimately consequences of this ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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