The systems approach: Its variety of aspects
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Society for Information Science
- Vol. 33 (6) , 383-394
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630330609
Abstract
This article offers a concise survey and glimpse of the vast literature presently available in the field of systems thinking and cybernetics. The first part discusses the areas of systems philosophy, systems analysis (mathematical systems theory), empirical systems research, and systems engineering, while the second part offers some details about the contributions of the following selected scholars: von Bertalanffy, Bogdanov, Ackoff, Churchman, and Herbert A. Simon. A bibliography of some 150 books and papers closes the article.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- AN OUTLINE OF GENERAL SYSTEM THEORYThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1950