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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... language . His- tory of science attests that expression in ordinary language often preceded mathematical formulation , i.e. , invention of an algo- rithm . Examples come easily to mind : the evolution from count- ing in words to Roman ...
... language . His- tory of science attests that expression in ordinary language often preceded mathematical formulation , i.e. , invention of an algo- rithm . Examples come easily to mind : the evolution from count- ing in words to Roman ...
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... languages , it may be observed that , beginning with a primitive language , certain sound mutations occurred in parallel development in various tribes , though these were geographically located far apart from each other ; in Iceland ...
... languages , it may be observed that , beginning with a primitive language , certain sound mutations occurred in parallel development in various tribes , though these were geographically located far apart from each other ; in Iceland ...
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... language applied . Technical language , including the symbolism of mathematics , is , in the last resort , an efflorescence of everyday language , and so will not be independent of the structure of the latter . This , of course , does ...
... language applied . Technical language , including the symbolism of mathematics , is , in the last resort , an efflorescence of everyday language , and so will not be independent of the structure of the latter . This , of course , does ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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