Cybernetics society's essay competition 1999 - highly commended paper cybernetic explanation and development

Kybernetes

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 966-994

  Scott, Bernard ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Development; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT; ORIENTED SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHY; SECOND ORDERS; SELF ORGANISATION; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS;

CYBERNETICS;

COMPETITION; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEM THEORY;

LANGUAGE ORIENTED SYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034399947     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920010342071     Document Type: Article

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