Recent developments in general system theory

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 601-610

  Drack, Manfred ^a,b   Schwarz, Gregor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Club of Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

General system theory; GST; Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY; GENERAL SYSTEMS; GST; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; LUDWIG VON BERTALANFFY; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SYSTEM APPROACH;

RESEARCH;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 78449256880     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1013     Document Type: Article

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