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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... tion of information picked up in as many fields of enquiry as there is time to survey during a semester or a year .... If you were to overhear several senior students talking , you might hear one of them say " our professors have ...
... tion of information picked up in as many fields of enquiry as there is time to survey during a semester or a year .... If you were to overhear several senior students talking , you might hear one of them say " our professors have ...
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... tion resulting from interplay of processes determined by rates of reaction and transport and defending itself against environ- mental disturbances . Hydrodynamic ( Burton , 1939 ; Garavaglia et al . , 1958 ; Rescigno , 1960 ) and ...
... tion resulting from interplay of processes determined by rates of reaction and transport and defending itself against environ- mental disturbances . Hydrodynamic ( Burton , 1939 ; Garavaglia et al . , 1958 ; Rescigno , 1960 ) and ...
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... tion given the healthy , normal or superior . Hence also the belief that money buys everything : when the Russians build better space vehicles , a few more billions spent on education will produce the crop of young Einsteins needed for ...
... tion given the healthy , normal or superior . Hence also the belief that money buys everything : when the Russians build better space vehicles , a few more billions spent on education will produce the crop of young Einsteins needed for ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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