• Perspectives of General Systems Theory by Ludwig von Bertalanffy. (isss.org)
  • Von Bertalanffy opened up something much broader and of much greater significance than a single theory (which, as we now know, can always be falsified and has usually an ephemeral existence): he created a new paradigm for the development of theories. (isss.org)
  • organs or c… In the 1920's, biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy and others proposed the idea of a general theory of living systems that would embrace all levels of science, from the study of a single living cell to the study of society and the planet as a whole. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • First, the presentation of General System Theory in and of itself and second, Bertalanffy himself providing a method of thinking by taking the reader through his own process of getting to General System Theory. (chosendrones.com)
  • General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications Ludwig von Bertalanffy Snippet view - 1968. (chosendrones.com)
  • Ludwig von Bertalanffy - General System Theory - 1950. (chosendrones.com)
  • General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications Paperback - Illustrated, June 1, 2015 by Ludwig von Bertalanffy (Author), Wolfgang Hofkirchner (Foreword), David Rousseau (Foreword) 4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings See all formats and editions Bertalanffy was so far ahead of his time. (chosendrones.com)
  • Ludwig von Bertalanffy was the creator of general system theory and the author of ten books. (chosendrones.com)
  • GST was developed by Austrian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy starting in the 1930s, culminating with the 1969 publication of his " General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications . (arthurfontaine.com)
  • Bertalanffy proposed that the classical laws of thermodynamics applied to closed systems, but not necessarily to "open systems," such as living things. (wikiquote.org)
  • Bertalanffy (1929, p. 306) cited in: Cliff Hooker ed. (2011) Philosophy of Complex Systems . (wikiquote.org)
  • General Systems Theory (von Bertalanffy, 1968), the basis of family therapy and many theories of family process, is most readily epitomized as 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. (onlineethics.org)
  • [1] His system theory, which attempts to register all organization elements in their entirety, introduced the basic concepts of the open system (with reference to living systems) and of feedback, and made Bogdanov a forerunner of cybernetics and of the systemic theories Ludwig von Bertalanffy would develop two decades later. (mediaartnet.org)
  • Heinz von Foerster was well acquainted with cybernetics and information theory, and likewise with the basics of Artificial Intelligence (A. Turing and J. von Neumann) and system theory (P. Weiss and L. von Bertalanffy). (mediaartnet.org)
  • See Ludwig von Bertalanffy, «Der Organismus als physikalisches System betrachtet,» in Die Naturwissenschaften, Bd. (mediaartnet.org)
  • Overview and Summary of Classical Adlerian Theory and Current Practice. (adler.institute)
  • an interdisciplinary practice that describes systems with interacting components, applicable to biology, cybernetics and other fields. (wikiquote.org)
  • Critical to this case is an understanding of the ways in which general systems theory informs Luci's research and clinical practice. (onlineethics.org)
  • Guide to the theory and practice of management cybernetics, based on Beer . (ac.be)
  • Is there anything we can do the push systems thinking further into the thinking and practice of conflict resolution and transformation? (beyondintractability.org)
  • Although some awareness of the justice implications of the energy transition was found among the energy utilities, there was a general misalignment between the theory and the practice of energy justice. (lu.se)
  • Rapoport A., Contribution to the probabilistic theory of neural nets: I. Randomization of refractory periods and of stimulus intervals, «Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics» 1950, vol. 12, nr 2. (studiapolitologiczne.pl)
  • 1974 The American astronomers Russell Hulse (born 1950) and Joseph Taylor (born 1941) discover a double star system whose energy loss can only be explained by the emission of gravitational waves. (mpg.de)
  • He clearly stated the mathematical foundations of his theory in his report "The History and Status of General The movement in this direction was started in 1920 by Ludwig von Bertallanfy, but it could flourish only after the Second World War. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (Revised Edition) (Penguin University Books). (chosendrones.com)
  • This source is considered a primary reference for the following articles: Foundations of Systems Engineering. (chosendrones.com)
  • A Delphi study reported in Business Information System Engineering (BISE) in 2015 identified "rethink the theoretical foundations of the IS discipline" as a grand challenge for the discipline. (aisnet.org)
  • Basic concepts of general systems theory with well-known laws and principles are discussed, as well as related topics like cybernetics and information theory. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • 205 He first developed his System Theory approach before the second world war and this book brings together all of his ideas. (chosendrones.com)
  • First I employ a systems approach in order to center my analysis on the human element rather than the technology. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • A systems approach also helps understand the complexity of the continually evolving ecology. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • Building on a foundation of network analyses, a systems approach departs from conventional methods of studying networks by extending it to incorporate more holistic aspects by examining the system as a whole, rather than identifying a single component of the system and encompassing more of the cultural terrain that is crucial to this assessment. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • A Formalized Description Approach to Continuos Time Systems. (uni-trier.de)
  • In its simplest formulation, GST states that everything is a system. (arthurfontaine.com)
  • [18] [19] Another formulation of the theory was given by Turner and Pitcher and was viewed as a combination of detection and attack probabilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many early systems theorists aimed at finding a general systems theory that could explain all systems in all fields of science. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to over 350 key theories, theorists and concepts in a concise and no-nonsense way. (sagepub.com)
  • Because theorists have failed to study the problem in a general setting, this incompatibility has not received attention. (libcom.org)
  • The three-body system is scientists' best opportunity yet to discover a violation of a key concept in Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity: the strong equivalence principle, which states that the effect of gravity on a body does not depend on the nature or internal structure of that body. (ubc.ca)
  • Einstein's theories enduringly shaped the field of astrophysics. (mpg.de)
  • Finding a deviation from the strong equivalence principle would indicate a breakdown of General Relativity and would point us toward a new, revised theory of gravity. (ubc.ca)
  • This triple system gives us a natural cosmic laboratory far better than anything found before for learning exactly how such three-body systems work and potentially for detecting problems with General Relativity that physicists expect to see under extreme conditions. (ubc.ca)
  • Virtually all alternatives to General Relativity hold that it will not. (ubc.ca)
  • Today, we cannot imagine modern astrophysics without the general theory of relativity: no matter if it's black holes, quasars, or gravitational lenses - it plays an important role in all these fields. (mpg.de)
  • 1905 In his annus mirabilis, Einstein publishes papers on the special theory of relativity, on the photoelectric effect and on Brownian motion. (mpg.de)
  • 1915 Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity. (mpg.de)
  • 1930 The Belgian physicist Leon Rosenfeld (1904-1974) attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics, which was developed between 1925 and 1927, with general relativity - a project that is still ongoing today. (mpg.de)
  • 1955 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the special theory of relativity, a conference is held in Bern which gathers together a community of relativists for the first time. (mpg.de)
  • 1957 A conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, kicks off a series of major international conferences on general relativity that continue today. (mpg.de)
  • 1960 The American physicist Joseph Weber (1919-2000) reports the detection of gravitational waves, as predicted by the general theory of relativity. (mpg.de)
  • They are soon associated with black holes and are thus the first celestial bodies that can only be described with the help of general relativity. (mpg.de)
  • 1974 String theory, originally developed to explain nuclear forces, is proposed as a possible unifying theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics. (mpg.de)
  • This can be explained in the context of general relativity only by reintroducing a modified cosmological constant or dark energy. (mpg.de)
  • Its positioning accuracy depends on the concept that clocks slow down in the gravitational field of the earth, as predicted by general relativity. (mpg.de)
  • RA21- Learning concepts of dynamical system and acquiring the associated fundamental concepts. (unavarra.es)
  • [2] Little notice was taken of Bogdanov's writings during his lifetime, however, and the lack of promulgation meant that it was the Austrian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy's ideas in regard to general system theory which turned into a scientific current the transformation of systemic thought. (mediaartnet.org)
  • Abstract algebraic logic (AAL) determines what are the essential elements in these proofs and develops an abstract theory of the possible ways in which logical systems can be related to an algebraic counterpart. (cas.cz)
  • In a second step, we move to the more general and abstract theory and demonstrate its universal usefulness. (cas.cz)
  • Whereas living systems create abstract chunks, information hiding created pieces that were sealed and did not expose details of the implementation. (azurewebsites.net)
  • 5. General systems theory is the skeleton of science which aims to provide framework or structure of systems on which flesh and blood of any stream could be hanged. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • General Systems Theory (GST) has been called " the skeleton of science . (arthurfontaine.com)
  • This post uses Kenneth Boulding's "Skeleton of Science" as a framework for thinking about how the nature of systems changes as one moves up the hierarchy from simple, to complicated, to complex systems. (beyondintractability.org)
  • The first comprehensive contribution to the understanding and dissemination of the theory of self-organization was the result of the research carried out by the physicist and cyberneticist Heinz von Foerster from the late 1950s on, and especially after the publication of his treatise «On Self- Organizing Systems and their Environment» of 1960. (mediaartnet.org)
  • In short, the task of General Systems Theory is to find the most general conceptual framework in which a scientific theory or a technological problem can be placed without losing the essential features of the theory or the problem. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • In this regard, the proposed paper makes an attempt to systematize the conceptual and categorical structure of the general theory of competition and gives the author's definitions of each of its constituent concepts, as well as the "cellular" structure of a separate competitive economic relations. (jraic.com)
  • Conceptual and categorical structure of the general theory of competition. (jraic.com)
  • 2014) Basic conceptual and categorical apparatus of the general theory of competition. (jraic.com)
  • This paper elaborates the conceptual underpinnings needed to understand and influence change in complex socio-technical systems. (iospress.com)
  • Thus, the aim of this conceptual paper was to propose a complex system model for sports injuries and to demonstrate how the implementation of complex system thinking may allow us to better address the complex nature of the sports injuries aetiology. (bmj.com)
  • Intended not only for military professionals and academics, the author aims to bridge conceptual planning discussions between military and civilian leaders with the mutually beneficial applications of design theory, doctrine, and politics. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • [1] To best understand a social system, one should gather multiple perspectives since each perspective is not "a reflection of 'real things'" but "dependent on a multiplicity of factors. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • Mastering the basic techniques of solving differential equations and linear systems with constant coefficients. (unavarra.es)
  • RA17- Mastering the concept of differential equation and system of differential equations, existence and uniqueness of solution. (unavarra.es)
  • RA19- Understanding the structure of the space of solutions of differential equations and linear systems. (unavarra.es)
  • Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos. (unavarra.es)
  • Therefore, viewing the health service delivery industry from an open systems perspective will provide valuable insights into the functioning and structure of the contextual system for HIS design and development. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • it offers us the ability to zero in on one aspect and examine it carefully, while at the same time while understanding that everything is interconnected and thus, through the entry point of one perspective, the analysis will also touch on other aspects of the entire system. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • From the perspective of general knowledge, [ ADM52 ] is an excellent example of a traditional intellectual encyclopedia. (ac.be)
  • In G. Lock and Z. Stançic (eds) Archaeology and Geographic Information Systems: A European Perspective . (intarch.ac.uk)
  • Anthropologist Margaret Mead was among system theory's proponents, applying its concepts to the development and disintegration of societies and civilizations. (arthurfontaine.com)
  • We were creating new systems well before the development of writing systems. (lewismicropublishing.com)
  • Translated by J H Woodger as Modern Theories of Development: An Introduction to Theoretical Biology . (wikiquote.org)
  • The complexity of electrochemical interfaces has led to the development of several approximate density functional theory (DFT)-based schemes to study reaction thermodynamics and kinetics as a function of electrode potential. (jyu.fi)
  • He is currently the senior development strategist at LINXS, and has a research background in Solid State Theory. (lu.se)
  • It concludes that constraints, such as Egypt's cultural norms and laws, the population's lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the bureaucratic health system, hinder the development and implementation of effective surveillance systems. (who.int)
  • At the time, GST was hailed as a major scientific framework, considered one of the best unifying theories since Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection (with which of course it is 100% consistent). (arthurfontaine.com)
  • In this updated and revised edition of Post Keynesian Macroeconomic Theory, Paul Davidson explains how and why contemporary macroeconomic textbooks fail to incorporate Keynes's liquidity and financial analysis framework to explain the importance of money and financial markets in the real world of experience. (e-elgar.com)
  • An early book that describes the nucleus of what is known now as the General Systems Problem Solver: a general framework, or language, for systems science. (ac.be)
  • Boulding's lowest level (the simplest system) was a static "framework" system. (beyondintractability.org)
  • But von Bertalanffy's insight was that there's a system to even being a thing. (arthurfontaine.com)
  • 2000 The Global Positioning System (GPS) is released for civil use. (mpg.de)
  • A review of recurrent artificial neural network methods in optimization, with emphasis on deterministic (mean-field) annealing algorithms, for systems with binary as well as more general variables. (lu.se)
  • In 1978 James Grier Miller attempted a General Theory of Living systems [1] which proposed rigid taxonomies of levels of complexity and common processes contained in each level. (azurewebsites.net)
  • In 1979, Dickinson and Outram ( 5 ) conjectured that, in some experiments, scrapie responsiveness is the opposite of what one normally expects with an infection, "raising the possibility that, far from being inimical, some part of the host's immune system is essential and may even play the role of a Trojan Horse for these agents when infection occurs by a peripheral route. (cdc.gov)
  • In this review, recent advances and future promises of GCE density functional theory and rate theory are discussed. (jyu.fi)
  • Algebraic logic is the branch of mathematical logic that studies logical systems by giving them an algebraic semantics. (cas.cz)
  • It mainly capitalizes on the standard Linbenbaum-Tarski proof of completeness of classical logic w.r.t. the two-element Boolean algebra, which can be analogously repeated in other logical systems yielding completeness w.r.t. other kinds of algebras. (cas.cz)
  • Partition of Systems by General System Logical Theory (GSLT). (uni-trier.de)
  • Our brain is not a logical system. (rug.nl)
  • Nevertheless from this purely formal definition of "system" many properties follow which in part are expressed in laws well-known in various fields of science, and in part concern concepts previously regarded as anthropomorphic, vitalistic. (isss.org)
  • As a theory, it is an integrated and generalised set of concepts, hypotheses, and validated propositions (if any). (paulbulteel.eu)
  • Indeed, one may view the fundamental concepts of IS simply as a special case of a work system. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • 1. General systems theory is about developing broadly applicable concepts and principles, as opposed to concepts and principles specific to one domain of knowledge. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • In fact, over the past 50 years systems theory concepts have become core elements of many specialized disciplines - most notably the psychic and social sciences, where systems theory is applied across a range of pathologies. (arthurfontaine.com)
  • There have been efforts on the part of scholarly organizations, like the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS, formerly the Society for General Systems Research (SGSR)), to develop lists of terms and concepts held in common with Cybernetics and Systems Science. (ac.be)
  • proposed that concepts such as those of redundancy, entropy or information (cybernetics) as well as those of self-regulation, autonomy and hierarchic order (system theory) be applied in the examination of organization. (mediaartnet.org)
  • In the 1970s and 1980s the basic concepts of system research, which relate to interaction, self-organization, co-evolution, or the environment, were further developed by a number of scientists, and translated into new theories. (mediaartnet.org)
  • In the standard interpretation of Marx's value theory, distinct price and value systems exist, and the inputs and outputs in each are valued simultaneously. (libcom.org)
  • Two distinct models emerged, based on two general theories of systems failure. (ieee.org)
  • Systems theory, in social science, the study of society as a complex arrangement of elements, including individuals and their beliefs, as they relate to a whole (e.g., a country). (paulbulteel.eu)
  • 1. Boulding's General systems theory is a sort of manifesto for the systems movement, much of which can be seen to be valid for complex systems theory today. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • Whereas Miller thought that living systems were a subset of all systems, this page takes the view that all complex, successful, enduring systems are subject to the laws of evolution (specifically survival of the fittest) and hence should be considered to be living systems. (azurewebsites.net)
  • LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers Excellent book for those interested in system theory, non-linear systems, complex adaptive systems, and related topics. (chosendrones.com)
  • Systems are good to think, as I believe not only is our world organized upon the basis of systems, but our brains and minds, as part of our bodies and lives, and as part of general systems of the larger world, are also organized systemically, however complicated and complex it may really be. (lewismicropublishing.com)
  • Is causality a constraint on our understanding of complex systems? (iospress.com)
  • Is it an obstacle in our ability to build theories to control change in complex systems? (iospress.com)
  • We then centre the discussion on the pivotal element of this paper, causality of change in complex systems of systems and demonstrate that a counterfactual analysis of causality breaks down. (iospress.com)
  • Three applications are presented as examples of the type of complexity we face in computational modelling of complex systems of systems. (iospress.com)
  • These three applications - covering story generation in linguistics, network centric operations in defence and interdependency security problems - demonstrate how causal dependencies can be modelled, identified and extracted from a computational environment that mimics real-world complex systems of systems. (iospress.com)
  • According to this model, we should identify features that are hallmarks of complex systems, such as the pattern of relationships (interactions) among determinants, the regularities (profiles) that simultaneously characterise and constrain the phenomenon and the emerging pattern that arises from the complex web of determinants. (bmj.com)
  • Modeling Complex Systems by Multi-agent Holarchies. (uni-trier.de)
  • General Theory for Multiple Input-Output Perturbations in Complex Molecular Systems. (eurekaselect.com)
  • In a previous post, we introduced the idea of thinking about intractable conflict as a complex adaptive system. (beyondintractability.org)
  • I want to follow up on an earlier distinction that I drew between complicated and complex adaptive systems. (beyondintractability.org)
  • As I said before, Heidi and I are convinced that the key to moving beyond intractability and dealing with an awful lot of the world's really difficult problems, is to start thinking about these conflict problems as complex adaptive systems, not merely simple or even complicated systems. (beyondintractability.org)
  • In it, he outlined a hierarchy of systems where each level of systems becomes increasingly complex. (beyondintractability.org)
  • Modern warfare presents complex and dynamic environments that continuously challenge the ways our organizations apply emergent theory, established doctrine, and how the inter-social politics of our organizations can help and hinder us. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • The previous system had functioned under the assumption that better equipped and higher accredited hospitals receive more complex (and thus costly) cases, and should be reimbursed at a higher rate. (who.int)
  • The aim is that the student should gain an ability to make comparative analyses and apply these theories to the situation in East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • For example, Nicolis and Prigogine (1977) [2] employed the use of non-linear thermodynamics to help explain similarities between collective systems at different scales. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is well known that, when joint products are produced, certain specifications of the standard interpretation are incompatible with Marx's theory of profit (see Steedman, 1977). (libcom.org)
  • If these demonstrations are valid, they are valid even if it is appropriate for formal theories to employ unrealistic postulates, and even if theorems pertaining to imaginary economies are interesting and useful. (libcom.org)
  • Marcus Chambers joined the academic staff in 1989 following completion of his PhD. His research is primarily in the field of econometrics, with publications in journals such as Econometric Theory, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Political Economy and International Economic Review. (essex.ac.uk)
  • Yet the mathematics of their systems often tells a different story. (libcom.org)
  • Systems theory has many applications, not only in leadership and organization, but also in oncology. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • This article uses an operational level planning effort from NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) to illustrate some useful patterns that leaders can use to explore other applications where a blend of politics, theory, and doctrine result in a cohesive design deliverable for a military organization. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Nuclear magnetic relaxation by the dipolar EMOR mechanism: General theory with applications to two-spin systems. (lu.se)
  • Since then, AI applications made possible by machine learning (ML), an AI subdiscipline, include Internet searches, e-commerce sites, goods and services recommender systems, image and speech recognition, sensor technologies, robotic devices, and cognitive decision support systems (DSSs). (cdc.gov)
  • As more applications are integrated into everyday life, AI is predicted to have a globally transformative influence on economic and social structures similar to the effect that other general-purpose technologies, such as steam engines, railroads, electricity, electronics, and the Internet, have had. (cdc.gov)
  • Individual parts of the system are interdependent and information feedback loops between parts or between the system and the broader environment function to keep the organization of the system relatively stable. (onlineethics.org)
  • They propose that instead of stable 0/1 switches, the theory should work with continuous, analogue signals. (rug.nl)
  • An organization can achieve sustainable competitive advantage through people by designing the organizational system through strategic human resource management. (bartleby.com)
  • The idea of a scientific analysis of organization systems was first formulated in the early twentieth century by the Russian researcher Alexander Bogdanov. (mediaartnet.org)
  • As Foerster saw it, every system exists autonomously-according to its own laws-and is organizationally self-contained, meaning its organization is selfreferential, self-maintaining, and recursive. (mediaartnet.org)
  • Such a theory would be absolutely necessary to put the efforts that go into engineering new kinds of microchips on solid ground, argues Herbert Jaeger, Professor of Computing in Cognitive Materials at the University of Groningen. (rug.nl)
  • Jaeger is part of the Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center (CogniGron), which aims to develop neuromorphic (i.e. brain-like) computers. (rug.nl)
  • The ideas presented in the Nature Communications paper are at the core of the mission of CogniGron, the Cognitive Systems and Materials center of the University of Groningen, which aims to develop the blueprints for future, extreme-energy efficient computers. (rug.nl)
  • Logic and Implication: An introduction to the general algebraic study of non-classical logics. (cas.cz)
  • Out of this study came a scientific application called the General Systems Theory. (paulbulteel.eu)
  • This is the first millisecond pulsar found in such a system, and we immediately recognized that it provides us a tremendous opportunity to study the effects and nature of gravity," says Scott Ransom of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), who led the study. (ubc.ca)
  • Furthermore, new theories and approaches that have arisen through the study of East and SouthEast Asia's societies, e.g. theories of post-colonialism that have been questioned and enriched Western social sciences, are discussed and analysed. (lu.se)
  • Citroën 2001 Citroën C5 advertising campaign (for example, see http://www.citroen.com/site/htm/en/history/citroen_histoire/00/2001 ). (intarch.ac.uk)
  • This replaced the previous system which relied solely on accreditation (since 2001). (who.int)
  • Rapoport A., Game theory as a theory of conflict resolution, Dordrecht-Boston 1974. (studiapolitologiczne.pl)
  • 1974 The British physicist Stephen Hawking (born 1942) publishes a quantum theory of gravitation which predicts that black holes emit a type of radiation known as Hawking radiation. (mpg.de)
  • Y.L. Zhi, Y. He, M. Wu, Q. Liu, Dissipativity analysis of singular time-delay systems via state decomposition method, 2018, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. (crossref.org)
  • In the mid-1990s--well before FirstEnergy in Akron, Ohio, got sloppy with its tree-trimming and monitoring systems last summer--mathematicians, engineers, and physicists set out to explain the statistical overabundance of big blackouts. (ieee.org)
  • The NRAO's Scott Ransom adds: "This is a fascinating system in many ways, including what must have been a completely crazy formation history, and we have much work to do to fully understand it. (ubc.ca)
  • An awful lot of the systems on our planet work like that-it is what allows the planet to remain hospitable to life. (beyondintractability.org)
  • Basic supply and demand systems in economics work like that. (beyondintractability.org)
  • Language and gesture are two semiotic systems that work together in close integration during communication. (lu.se)
  • Social sciences, for example, investigate the social determinants of health, which include the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age, as well as the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life and health outcomes. (who.int)
  • Introduction to dynamical systems. (unavarra.es)
  • The course is designed as an introduction to the different political systems in East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • A few years ago I tracked down a copy Dr. Bowler's 1981 book, " General Systems Thinking: Its Scope and Applicability ," the draft of which had been the source of our (mimeographed) course content. (arthurfontaine.com)
  • All of the illustrations in this article are facsimiles of unclassified white-board planning sessions, and demonstrate the integration of a variety of design and operational theory processes into established military decision making. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Both in vitro and in vivo animal and human studies demonstrate age-related declines in both humeral and cellular components of the immune system ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The analysis proved that A. Rapoport highlighted two important themes that find application potential in contemporary political systems research. (studiapolitologiczne.pl)
  • 3. What was the research question and how did it relate to your theory about the system failure? (who.int)
  • This is an advanced course in information systems (IS) research. (lu.se)
  • How can the system processes for stakeholder engagement be strengthened to increase the buy-in of hospitals in performance contracting? (who.int)
  • In our considerations we started with a general definition of "systems" defined as a "set of elements standing in interrelations… No special hypothesis or statement were made about the nature of the system, of its elements or the relations between them. (isss.org)
  • A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar-all packed within a space smaller than the Earth's orbit around the sun-is enabling astronomers to probe a range of cosmic mysteries, including the very nature of gravity itself. (ubc.ca)
  • We really only consciously realize systems in nature, including our own human and often quite unnatural (artificial) systems (as well as myriad imaginary, fantasy or make-believe systems), through our awareness and interaction with them as such, as knowledge systems that have a relatively homologous structure with consistency with objectively real or subjectively constructed or imaginary systems. (lewismicropublishing.com)
  • the ever progressing findings must replace the general expression of 'a system in an inertial state' by a more and more detailed knowing about the nature of this system and its chemical, osmotic, fermentive system conditions. (wikiquote.org)
  • An important contribution is the large pamphlet Education in the Systems Sciences [ SNB90 ], detailing a great deal of information about the whole nature of Cybernetics and Systems Science and how it is carried out around the world. (ac.be)
  • Despite their catastrophic nature, there are all sorts of positive feedback, explosive-loop systems in the natural and social systems of planet earth. (beyondintractability.org)
  • In a paper published in Nature Communications on 16 August, Jaeger and his colleagues Beatriz Noheda (scientific director of CogniGron) and Wilfred G. van der Wiel (University of Twente) present a sketch of what a theory for non-digital computers might look like. (rug.nl)
  • This includes theories about authoritarian forms of government as well as political systems of a hybrid nature. (lu.se)
  • From then forward progress to civilizational systems involving and founded upon basic technologies and alternative human-made systems based on scientific understanding was only a matter of time and historical happenstance. (lewismicropublishing.com)
  • The aim of this article is to reconstruct the basic assumptions of Anatol Rapoport's (1911-2007) general systems theory. (studiapolitologiczne.pl)
  • How can we move beyond a level-three understanding of feedback loops to a level seven or eight-level understanding of social systems? (beyondintractability.org)
  • [5] Yet how do we actually blend theory, doctrine, and inter-social organizational adjustments to accomplish our goals? (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Density functional alloy theory is used to accurately describe the three core effects controlling the thermodynamics of random Cu-Au alloys. (jyu.fi)
  • So information hiding does not allow for level crossing and does not share the capability in open systems for higher level systems to directly interface with lower level systems. (azurewebsites.net)
  • However it is debatable whether the absence of formal relationships with specific family members completely eliminates Luci's more general duty as a socially sanctioned professional to protect the well-being of society's members. (onlineethics.org)
  • This paper shows that interpretations of Marx's value theory which value inputs and outputs simultaneously imply that surplus-labor is not the sole source of profit-even in the absence of joint production. (libcom.org)
  • As I will show, in those systems in which the prices and values of inputs are determined simultaneously with the prices and values of outputs, the extraction of surplus labour is insufficient and, generally, unnecessary for the existence of positive profit. (libcom.org)