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Author : Richard F. Ericson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783540904427
Total Pages : 1051 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Improving the Human Condition, Quality and Stability in Social Systems written by Richard F. Ericson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Society for General Systems Research
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Improving the human condition: Quality and stability in social systems written by Society for General Systems Research and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Society for General Systems Research
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Improving the Human Condition: Quality and Stability in Social Systems. written by Society for General Systems Research and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-08-08 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Society for General Systems Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1051 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (658 download)
Download or read book Improving the Human Condition written by Society for General Systems Research and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G.E. Lasker
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483190048
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book The Quality of Life: Systems Approaches written by G.E. Lasker and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied Systems and Cybernetics covers the proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics. The book presents several studies that cover the application of systems research and cybernetics in improving the quality of life. Majority of the materials in the text tackle various aspects of quality of life in relation to systems and cybernetics, such as living space, future prospects, work, education, politics, law, ethics and values, culture and ethnicity, and social systems. The selection also presents articles that cover the elemental properties of quality of life, such as the concept, views, indicators, and dimension. The book will be of great interest to any scientists regardless of disciplines, since it covers the main purpose of science, the improvement of quality of life.
Author : George J. Klir
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489907181
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)
Download or read book Facets of Systems Science written by George J. Klir and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has a rather strange history. It began in Spring 1989, thirteen years after our Systems Science Department at SUNY -Binghamton was established, when I was asked by a group of students in our doctoral program to have a meeting with them. The spokesman of the group, Cliff Joslyn, opened our meeting by stating its purpose. I can closely paraphrase what he said: "We called this meeting to discuss with you, as Chairman of the Department, a fundamental problem with our systems science curriculum. In general, we consider it a good curriculum: we learn a lot of concepts, principles, and methodological tools, mathematical, computational, heuristic, which are fundamental to understanding and dealing with systems. And, yet, we learn virtually nothing about systems science itself. What is systems science? What are its historical roots? What are its aims? Where does it stand and where is it likely to go? These are pressing questions to us. After all, aren't we supposed to carry the systems science flag after we graduate from this program? We feel that a broad introductory course to systems science is urgently needed in the curriculum. Do you agree with this assessment?" The answer was obvious and, yet, not easy to give: "I agree, of course, but I do not see how the situation could be alleviated in the foreseeable future.
Author : Robert L. Flood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461308453
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Systems Prospects written by Robert L. Flood and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems Prospects is a record of the papers presented at the first con ference organised by the United Kingdom Systems Society (UKSS), held at Thwaite Hall, Hull University (UK), on the dates 12th-15th July, 1988. The UKSS originally came together in 1978 as the Barford Group (the first meetings were held in the town of Barford), comprising academics from the four institutions that incorporated departments which primarily were con cerned with developing the theory and practice of so-called systems scienc- namely Aston University, City University, Lancaster University and the Open University. The meetings of the Barford Group were deemed to be successful, so much so that a decision was made to widen its horizons to incorporate more generally those of the United Kingdom systems community (a diffuse number of academics and practitioners) - hence the title UKSS. The society, ten years later, is extant and has achieved new levels of success in the last few years in terms of rising membership and international reputation. The membership is now drawn from a wide variety of academic and commercial and industrial organisations, and from most reaches of the nation. There is also an international contingent in the membership. It is right that there should be such diversity since the UKSS is founded on the notion of equality (of creed, sex, race, class and so on ••• ). This community is "glued" together by the Society's own publication, Systemist, as well as through workshops and now this conference.
Author : R. Cavallo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401732043
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Systems Methodology in Social Science Research written by R. Cavallo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning, the systems research movement has shown a high potential for offering a conceptual framework for the understanding of social systems. Much of this potential has been realized, but a major gap remains with regard to operational investigative aids. Developments of the last ten years with a method ological orientation and emphasis seem finally to be filling this gap. The purpose of this book is to describe the most advanced of these developments and to make them available to a wider audience. The emphasis is on developments that are primarily oriented toward interaction with expertise in the social sciences and that thus hold the most promise for social systems investigation. In particu lar, attempts have been made to provide substantiation and illustration of three main points: (1) the common motivation and essential integrability that systems research provides for developments and considerations along a very broad spec trum of interests; (2) the very diverse nature of the types and forms of considera tions that may be meaningfully integrated; and (3) the operational and usable nature that developments in systems methodology represent for research in the social sciences. The book is divided into three parts with a generally increasing degree of specificity. The first part (Chapters 1, 2, and 3) deals with foundational issues associated with modeling and methodology as areas worthy of study in their ix X PREFACE own right.
Author : Markus Locker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606087398
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Systems Theory and Theology written by Markus Locker and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to the collection explore the interplay between systems theory, religion and theology, and the symbolic expressions and philosophical foundations of these academic disciplines. This endeavor is rooted in the oeuvre of the late Austrian physicist Alfred Locker (1922-2005), who firmly believed that systems theory would finally emerged, some sixty years after Bertalanffy's seminal work on General System Theory, as a bridge-building metatheory between the sciences and religion. The studies contained in this collection enter into a critical evaluation and reassessment of the dominant postulates of scientific and theological systems and their interaction, including treatments of paradoxes (A. Locker), the inner sciences (Zwick), systems of meaning (Krieger), philosophy (Murphy), theology (Sedmak), isomorphies of religious symbols (Zwick), and the bridging of science and religion (A. Locker).
Author : Robert Trappl
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814555096
Total Pages : 1740 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Cybernetics And Systems Research '92 - Proceedings Of The 11th European Meeting On Cybernetics And Systems Research (In 2 Volumes) written by Robert Trappl and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 1740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 210 articles which are divided into 18 sections in this new reference work represent the most recent findings in cybernetics and systems research. It brings together contributions from leading scientists from all over the world — Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This volume therefore gives a broad spectrum of the ongoing research worldwide.Topics covered in the 18 sections are: General Systems Methodology; Mathematical Systems Theory; Computer Aided Process Interpretation; Fuzzy Sets, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-based Systems; Designing and Systems; Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology; Cybernetics in Medicine; Cybernetics of Socioeconomic Systems; Systems, Management and Organization; Cybernetics of National Development; Communication and Computers; Connectionism and Cognitive Processing; Intelligent Autonomous Systems; Artificial Intelligence; Impacts of Artificial Intelligence.
Author : Gillian Ragsdell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461513138
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Understanding Complexity written by Gillian Ragsdell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter A. Coming Palo Alto, CA November, 2000 This volwne represents a distillation of the plenary sessions at a unique millenniwn year event -a World Congress of the Systems Sciences in conjunction with the 44th annual meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS). The overall theme of the conference was "Understanding Complexity in the New Millenniwn. " Held at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Canada, from July 16-22,2000, the conference included some 350 participants from over 30 countries, many of whom were representatives of the 21 organizations and groups that co-hosted this landmark event. Each of these co-host organizations/groups also presented a segment of the program, including a plenary speech. In addition, the conference featured a nwnber of distinguished "keynote" speeches related to the three daily World Congress themes: (1) The Evolution of Complex Systems, (2) The Dynamics of Complex Systems, and (3) Human Systems in the 21st Century. There were also seven special plenary-level symposia on a range of timely topics, including: "The Art and Science of Forecasting in the Age of Global Wanning"; "Capitalism in the New Millenniwn: The Challenge of Sustainability"; "The Future of the Systems Sciences"; "Global Issues in the New Millenniwn"; "Resources and the Environment in the New Millenniwn"; "The Lessons of Y2K"; and "Can There be a Reconciliation Between Science and Religion?" Included in this special commemorative volume is a cross-section of these presentations.
Author : Robert Trappl
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814550949
Total Pages : 1964 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Cybernetics And Systems '94 - Proceedings Of The 12th European Meeting On Cybernetics And Systems Research (In 2 Volumes) written by Robert Trappl and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-03-15 with total page 1964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume reflect the most recent research findings in cybernetics and systems research. They were selected from 298 draft final papers which were submitted to the conference by authors from more than 30 different countries from five continents.
Author : Robert Trappl
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981461162X
Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Cybernetics And Systems '90 - Proceedings Of The Tenth European Meeting On Cybernetics And Systems Research written by Robert Trappl and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents:How Many "Demons" Do We Need? Endophysical Self-Creation of Material Structures and the Exophysical Mystery of Universal Libraries (G Kampis & O E Rössler)Some Implications of Re-Interpretation of the Turing Test for Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence (G Werner)Why Economic Forecasts will be Overtaken by the Facts (J D M Kruisinga)Simulation Methods in Peace and Conflict Research (F Breitenecker et al)Software Development Paradigms: A Unifying Concept (G Chroust)Hybrid Hierarchies: A Love-Hate Relationship Between ISA and SUPERC (D Castelfranchi & D D'Aloisi)AI for Social Citizenship: Towards an Anthropocentric Technology (K S Gill)Organizational Cybernetics and Large Scale Social Reforms in the Context of Ongoing Developments (E Bekjarov & A Athanassov)China's Economic Reform and its Obstacles: Challenges to a Large-Scale Social Experiment (J Hu & X Sun)Comparing Conceptual Systems: A Strategy for Changing Values as well as Institutions (S A Umpleby)and others Readership: Researchers in the fields of cybernetics and systems, artificial intelligence, economics and mathematicians.
Author : Ockie Bosch
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038427896
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet written by Ockie Bosch and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet" that was published in Systems
Author : Thomas L. Saaty
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483153967
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Analytical Planning written by Thomas L. Saaty and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytical Planning: The Organization of Systems deals with systems and planning and suggests a methodological tool for integrating the two. This book presents the basic ideas behind complexity, systems, hierarchies, and prioritization and describes planning as a unique form of decision making with illustrations of some prominent philosophical and methodological approaches. It highlights some shortcomings of traditional approaches to planning and shows how these can be addressed by the systems approach. This monograph consists of seven chapters and opens with a discussion on the nature of complexity and describes an approach that facilitates the use of creativity and experience to structure complex problems. The next chapter explains the rationale for systems thinking and how reductionism works. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is then considered, along with its relationship to some of the properties of systems. The remaining chapters focus on ways of thinking about planning and philosophies of planning; strategic planning; and the applicability of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to benefit-cost analysis and resource allocation. This book is intended for managers, decision makers, and planners, as well as researchers and practitioners in applied mathematics and computer science.
Author : Debora Hammond
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457109875
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)
Download or read book The Science of Synthesis written by Debora Hammond and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph Gerard, James Grier Miller, and Anatol Rapoport-Hammond traces the emergence of systems ideas across a broad range of disciplines in the mid-twentieth century. Both metaphor and framework, the systems concept as articulated by its earliest proponents highlights relationship and interconnectedness among the biological, ecological, social, psychological, and technological dimensions of our increasingly complex lives. Seeking to transcend the reductionism and mechanism of classical science-which they saw as limited by its focus on the discrete, component parts of reality-the general systems community hoped to complement this analytic approach with a more holistic orientation. As one of many systems traditions, the general systems group was specifically interested in fostering collaboration and integration among different disciplinary perspectives, with an emphasis on nurturing more participatory and truly democratic forms of social organization. The Science of Synthesis documents a unique episode in the history of modern thought, one that remains relevant today. This book will be of interest to historians of science, system thinkers, scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, management, organization development and related fields, as well as the general reader interested in the history of ideas that have shaped critical developments in the second half of the twentieth century.
Author : John C. Oliga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0585351309
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Power, Ideology, and Control written by John C. Oliga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great challenges we face today is coming to grips with "forces of power/' in both theoretical and methodological terms, in a way that prepares us for action—action that is not totally subject to existing forces. The literature has some excellent theoretical accounts of power, but these say little about what we should do. Most often they are abstract and out of reach of all but a select few. In this book, however, we have a clear-cut account of power, ideology, and control that paves the way for practic- minded people to make a genuine attempt at tackling issues of power on both organizational and societal levels. John C. Oliga suggests a division between what he calls "objectivist," "subjectivist," and "relational" perspectives. With objectivism, he refers to theories that focus on power as capacities located in social structures. These tend to be either synergistic (e.g., Parsonian collective) or conflictual (e.g., Marxian conflictual view) theoretical orientations. With subjectivism he discusses theories that focus on power possessed by agents. With rela tional approaches he places theories that conceive power as a property of interaction among social forces.
