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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... regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are most fundamental and primitive in em- bryonic development as ...
... regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are most fundamental and primitive in em- bryonic development as ...
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... regulations , i.e. , regulations based on structural ar- rangements in the wide sense of the word . Since , however , the structures of the organism are maintained in metabolism and exchange of components , " primary " regulations must ...
... regulations , i.e. , regulations based on structural ar- rangements in the wide sense of the word . Since , however , the structures of the organism are maintained in metabolism and exchange of components , " primary " regulations must ...
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... regulation , which is basic in cybernetics and was biologi- cally formulated in Cannon's concept of homeostasis ( e.g. ... regulations of a “ dynamic " nature resulting from free interplay of forces and mutual interaction between ...
... regulation , which is basic in cybernetics and was biologi- cally formulated in Cannon's concept of homeostasis ( e.g. ... regulations of a “ dynamic " nature resulting from free interplay of forces and mutual interaction between ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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