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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... simple . And Bernal ( 1957 ) , some years ago , formulated the still - unsolved problems thus : No one who knows what the difficulties are now believes that the crisis of physics is likely to be resolved by any simple trick or ...
... simple . And Bernal ( 1957 ) , some years ago , formulated the still - unsolved problems thus : No one who knows what the difficulties are now believes that the crisis of physics is likely to be resolved by any simple trick or ...
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... simple " yes " or " no " answers to our questions . The amount of information conveyed in one answer is a decision between two alternatives , such as animal or nonanimal . With two questions , it is possible to decide for one out of ...
... simple " yes " or " no " answers to our questions . The amount of information conveyed in one answer is a decision between two alternatives , such as animal or nonanimal . With two questions , it is possible to decide for one out of ...
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... simple data in our field - say , determination of Qo2 , basal metabolic rates or tempera- ture coefficients - it ... simple fashion , obtaining the graph of a straight line . But con- sidering the unconceivable complexity of processes ...
... simple data in our field - say , determination of Qo2 , basal metabolic rates or tempera- ture coefficients - it ... simple fashion , obtaining the graph of a straight line . But con- sidering the unconceivable complexity of processes ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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