Understanding complexity a commemorative volume of the World Congress for the Systems Sciences and ISSS 2000, Toronto, Canada
Machine generated contents note: Section One - Theories for Complex Systems -- The Systemic View of the World: The I Logo of General Systems Research -- Anatol Rapoport3 -- Systems Science Fundamental Principles -- Jam es R Sim m s 7 -- A Cosmological Imperative: Emergence of Information, Complexity...
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Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ.
c 2001
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Machine generated contents note: Section One - Theories for Complex Systems -- The Systemic View of the World: The I Logo of General Systems Research -- Anatol Rapoport3 -- Systems Science Fundamental Principles -- Jam es R Sim m s 7 -- A Cosmological Imperative: Emergence of Information, Complexity and Life -- Eric J. Chaisson15 -- The Co-Creation Hypothesis -- H ector Sabelli 19 -- What is Infodynamics? -- Stan Salthe31 -- Section Two - Emerging Foci on Systems Research and Practice -- The History on Sociocybemetics, RC51, of the International Sociological Association -- Richard Lee41 -- Systems Practice at the United Kingdom's Open University -- Ray L. Ison45 -- The WOSC and some Views about Cyberetics -- R obert V all e55 -- Presentation of Wiener Gold Medal to Dr. Candace Pert -- Stafford B eer59 -- xii Contents -- Section Three - Human Systems in the 21st Century -- On Misdirected Systems -- Russell L. Ackoff and John Pourdehnad65 -- The Complexity of Performance and the Instruments of Mastery -- Paul C. Wohlmuth75 -- Understanding Imperfection -- Martin Zwick 83 -- Engaging with Transient Complexity in Development Projects -- John Friend91 -- Meaning Networks and Verbal Communication: A Semiotic Perspective of Human -- Discourse -- Marcel Danesi103 -- Can Religion be Reconciled with Science? -- John F. Haught119 -- Section Four - The Challenge of Sustainability -- The Bridge to Humanity's Future -- Willard R. Fey and Ann C. W. Lam127 -- Energy, Hierarchy and Money -- Howard T. Odum139 -- Capitalism in the New Millennium: The Challenge of Sustainability -- B ill Shirem an 149 -- Section Five - The Art and Science of Forecasting in the Age of Global Warming -- Technological Forecasting and Assessment Tools: The Changing Scene -- H arold A Linstone 157 -- Forecasting the Innovation of Complex Technologies -- Don E. Kash and Robert Rycroft 165 -- Making Technology Foresight (and Systems Studies?) Useful -- A lan L. Porter 173 -- Section Six - Y2K -- Why the Century Date Change Occurred So Smoothly -- Stuart A. Umpleby183 -- Implications for the Security of the International Information Infrastructure -- Olivia Bosch191 -- Y2K - "Ten Months After": Two "Double Binds" and a " Double Blindness" -- K arl H M ller20 1 -- Section Seven - The Future of Systems Science -- The Future of the Natural Systems Sciences -- Len R .Troncale219 -- Systems Thinking and the Social Sciences -- Mike C. Jackson 239 -- Systems Thinking for the 21st Century -- Gerald Midgley 249 -- OR 2000: Challenges and Prescriptions for the New Millennium -- Stig C. Holmberg 257 -- Section Eight - ISSS Presidential Addresses -- The Systems Movement and ISSS in the New Millennium -- G. A. Swanson271 -- The Systems Sciences in the Year 3000 -- Peter A Coing277 -- Continuing the Traditions of ISSS - Systems Science in the Service of Humanity -- Harold Nelson 283 -- Index289 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Kongress-Thema: Understanding complexity in the new millenium |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 292 S Ill., graph. Darst 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 0306465868 0-306-46586-8 |