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... similar procedure is applied in quan- titative economics and econometrics . The models and families of equations applied in the latter happen to be similar to those of Lotka or , for that matter , of chemical kinetics , but the model of ...
... similar procedure is applied in quan- titative economics and econometrics . The models and families of equations applied in the latter happen to be similar to those of Lotka or , for that matter , of chemical kinetics , but the model of ...
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... similar in structure to those of physics . Aims of General System Theory We may summarize these considerations as follows . Similar general conceptions and viewpoints have evolved in various disciplines of modern science . While in the ...
... similar in structure to those of physics . Aims of General System Theory We may summarize these considerations as follows . Similar general conceptions and viewpoints have evolved in various disciplines of modern science . While in the ...
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... similar way , in the function of the nervous system there was apparently the alternative of considering it either as a sum of mechanisms for the individual functions , or else as a homo- geneous nervous net . Here , too , the correct ...
... similar way , in the function of the nervous system there was apparently the alternative of considering it either as a sum of mechanisms for the individual functions , or else as a homo- geneous nervous net . Here , too , the correct ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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