TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skyttner,Lars
TI  - General systems theory: ideas & applications 
SN  - 0585457727
AV  - Q295 .S49 2001eb
U1  - 003 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Singapore, River Edge, N.J.
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - System theory
KW  - Théorie des systèmes
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - System Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Operations Research
KW  - fast
KW  - Systeemtheorie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-448) and indexes; Preface; Contents; 1 The Emergence of Holistic Thinking; 2 Basic Ideas of General Systems Theory; 3 A Selection of Systems Theories; 4 Communication and Information Theory; 5 Some Theories of Brain and Mind; 6 Artificial Intelligence and Life; 7 Organizational Theory and Management Cybernetics; 8 Decision-Making and Decision Aids; 9 Informatics; 10 Some of the Systems Methodologies; 11 The Future of Systems Theory; References; Name Index; Subject Index
N2  - The world in which classical positivistic science and technology obtained great success has vanished. However, the way of thinking promoted by that epoch still lingers in our social consciousness, sometimes as a burden. To conquer the shortcomings of classical analytical science in the modern, ever more complex world, systems theory and its applications within systems science present an alternative to old paradigms. Systems theorists see common principles in the structure and operation of systems of all kinds and sizes. They promote an interdisciplinary science adapted for a universal applicati
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