General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications |
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... approach ' became necessary . A certain ob- jective is given ; to find ways and means for its realization requires the systems specialist ( or team of specialists ) to consider alterna- tive solutions and to choose those promising ...
... approach ' became necessary . A certain ob- jective is given ; to find ways and means for its realization requires the systems specialist ( or team of specialists ) to consider alterna- tive solutions and to choose those promising ...
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... approach and conceptions predominating in scientific thinking . It is therefore not surprising that mathematical system theory has been developed in a variety of approaches with different emphasis , focus of interest , mathe- matical ...
... approach and conceptions predominating in scientific thinking . It is therefore not surprising that mathematical system theory has been developed in a variety of approaches with different emphasis , focus of interest , mathe- matical ...
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... approach leaves much to be desired in logical rigour and completeness , the deductive approach faces the difficulty of whether the fundamental terms are correctly chosen . This is not a particular fault of the theory or of the workers ...
... approach leaves much to be desired in logical rigour and completeness , the deductive approach faces the difficulty of whether the fundamental terms are correctly chosen . This is not a particular fault of the theory or of the workers ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
Copyright | |
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