NOTES ON SYSTEMS

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references

Abraham, Ralph & Shaw, Christopher

Dynamics: The Geometry of Behavior. 1982. 2nd ed. 1992.

Boulding, Kenneth

Ecodynamics: A New Theory of Societal Evolution. 1978.

Checkland, Peter

Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. 1981.

De Rosnay, Joel

The Macroscope. 1975.

Forrester, Jay

Industrial Dynamics. 1961.

Urban Dynamics. 1969.

World Dynamics. 1971. 2nd ed.1973.

O'Conner, Joseph & McDermott, Ian

The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving. 1997.

Senge, Peter

The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. 1990.

Von Bertalanffy, Ludwig

General System Theory.1968.

Weinberg, Gerald

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. 1975.

Wiener, Norbert

Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine. 1948.

On the Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society.

urls

Principia Cybernetica

A very large and comprehensive site that expounds the philosophy of cybernetics and system theory. The site itself provides an early example of a self-contained hyperlinked system or database.