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... applied in the latter happen to be similar to those of Lotka or , for that matter , of chemical kinetics , but the ... applying to systems in general . In this way we postulate a new discipline called General System Theory . Its subject ...
... applied in the latter happen to be similar to those of Lotka or , for that matter , of chemical kinetics , but the ... applying to systems in general . In this way we postulate a new discipline called General System Theory . Its subject ...
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... applied in quite different realms . However , these laws and schemes would be of little help if the world ( i.e. , the totality of observable events ) was not such that they could be applied to it . We can imagine a chaotic world or a ...
... applied in quite different realms . However , these laws and schemes would be of little help if the world ( i.e. , the totality of observable events ) was not such that they could be applied to it . We can imagine a chaotic world or a ...
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... applied in physics . Examples are the consideration of heat flow as a flow of a heat substance , the comparison of electrical flow with the flow of a fluid , in general the transfer of the originally hydrodynamic notion of gradient to ...
... applied in physics . Examples are the consideration of heat flow as a flow of a heat substance , the comparison of electrical flow with the flow of a fluid , in general the transfer of the originally hydrodynamic notion of gradient to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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