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An introduction to systems science /
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 vari...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.