| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This is the first book that renders a thorough discussion of systems science. It draws on material from an extensive collection of external sources, including several other books and a special library collection complete with videotape empirical evidence of applicability of the theory to a wide variety of circumstances. This is essential because systems science must be responsive to diverse human situations of the widest difficulty, and it must fill the void that the specific sciences cannot fill, because these sciences are insensitive to the necessities of reconciling disparate views of multiple observers, and incorporating local conditions in hypotheses that precede inductive explorations. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Foundations: the chapters. ch. 1. Unlimited scope of system science. ch. 2. The human being (creative and fallible). ch. 3. Language (overpromising, underperforming). ch. 4. Second-order thought (the stuff reason is made of). ch. 5. The thought explorers (working backward through time). ch. 6. Quality control in modeling structure. ch. 7. The situation room -- pt. 2. Discovery: the chapters. ch. 8. Describing problematic situations. ch. 9. Metrics of complexity. ch. 10. Diagnosing -- pt. 3. Resolution: the chapters. ch. 11. System design. ch. 12. Choosing from the alternatives. ch. 13. Implementing the design. ch. 14. The corporate observatorium: sustaining management communication and continuity in an age of complexity -- pt. 4. The practitioners ("systemists"): the chapters. ch. 15. The private sector: the practitioners ("systemists"). ch. 16. The government sector: the practitioners ("systemists"). ch. 17. The social arena: the practitioners ("systemists"). ch. 18. Education sector: the practitioners ("systemists") -- pt. 5. Systems science: the chapters. ch. 19. Systems science. ch. 20. Reflections and speculations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
System theory.
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System theory. |
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System analysis.
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System analysis. |
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SCIENCE -- System Theory. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Warfield, John N. Introduction to systems science. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006 981256702X 9789812567024 (DLC) 2006283449 (OCoLC)70346915 |
| ISBN |
9789812774040 (electronic book) |
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9812774041 (electronic book) |
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1281379115 |
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9781281379115 |
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9789812567024 |
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981256702X |
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9786611379117 |
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6611379118 |
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