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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... Theory was realized at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for ... Theory , made its appearance . Meanwhile another development had taken place ... information theory ( 1949 ) and von Neumann and Morgenstern's game theory ...
... Theory was realized at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for ... Theory , made its appearance . Meanwhile another development had taken place ... information theory ( 1949 ) and von Neumann and Morgenstern's game theory ...
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... information , defined by an expression isomorphic to negative entropy of thermodynamics . Hence the expectation that information may be used as measure of organization ( cf. p . 42 ; Quastler , 1955 ) . While information theory gained ...
... information , defined by an expression isomorphic to negative entropy of thermodynamics . Hence the expectation that information may be used as measure of organization ( cf. p . 42 ; Quastler , 1955 ) . While information theory gained ...
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... theory . There is no question that new horizons have been opened up but the relations to empirical facts often remain tenuous . Thus , information theory has been hailed as a “ major breakthrough , " but outside the original ...
... theory . There is no question that new horizons have been opened up but the relations to empirical facts often remain tenuous . Thus , information theory has been hailed as a “ major breakthrough , " but outside the original ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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