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... interaction ' . The prototype of their description is a set of simultaneous differential equations ( pp . 55ff ... interactions ' ( Rapoport , 1966 ) or interactions which are ' nontrivial ' ( Simon , 1965 ) , i.e. , nonlinear . The ...
... interaction ' . The prototype of their description is a set of simultaneous differential equations ( pp . 55ff ... interactions ' ( Rapoport , 1966 ) or interactions which are ' nontrivial ' ( Simon , 1965 ) , i.e. , nonlinear . The ...
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... interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve phenomena into local events ; problems of order and organization ...
... interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve phenomena into local events ; problems of order and organization ...
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... interaction coefficients become , the more the respec- tive terms Q ; can be neglected , and the more ' machine - like ' is the system -i.e. , like a sum of independent parts . i This fact , which may be termed ' progressive ...
... interaction coefficients become , the more the respec- tive terms Q ; can be neglected , and the more ' machine - like ' is the system -i.e. , like a sum of independent parts . i This fact , which may be termed ' progressive ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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