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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... growth curves and explain a considerable number of growth phenomena . In simpler cases these growth laws are realized with the exactness of physical experiments . Moreover , the rate of catabolism can be calculated from growth curves ...
... growth curves and explain a considerable number of growth phenomena . In simpler cases these growth laws are realized with the exactness of physical experiments . Moreover , the rate of catabolism can be calculated from growth curves ...
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... curves of growth . Let us refer to them as " growth types . " These are sum- marized in Table 7.4 ; corresponding graphs , showing the differ- ences in metabolic behavior and concomitant differences of growth curves , are presented in ...
... curves of growth . Let us refer to them as " growth types . " These are sum- marized in Table 7.4 ; corresponding graphs , showing the differ- ences in metabolic behavior and concomitant differences of growth curves , are presented in ...
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... growth parameters . This does not imply that the parameters themselves are ... curves should take place . There are indications that this is actually the ... growth rate . " As a matter of fact , precisely this has been found in our ...
... growth parameters . This does not imply that the parameters themselves are ... curves should take place . There are indications that this is actually the ... growth rate . " As a matter of fact , precisely this has been found in our ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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