Second-order cybernetics: an historical introduction

Kybernetes

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 1365-1378

  Scott, Bernard ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM THEORY;

COMPLEX SERIES; OBSERVED SYSTEMS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; SECOND ORDERS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 10444281597     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920410556007     Document Type: Article

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