General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications

Bertalanffy, L. von. 1968. General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications, Revised ed. New York, NY, USA: Braziller.

Usage

This source is considered a primary reference for the following articles:

• Foundations of Systems Engineering
  • Systems Fundamentals
    • What is a System?
  • Systems Thinking
    • What is Systems Thinking?
    • Principles of Systems Thinking
    • Patterns of Systems Thinking
  • Systems Science
    • History of Systems Science

Annotation

This book is written by the originator of General Systems Theory. It lays out the rational for GST and defines the most important principles and concepts and provides the system science definition of system.

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