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Long description: Die Wissenschaftsauffassung von Bertalanffy erwächst aus der Kontroverse zwischen mechanistischen und vitalistischen Positionen in der Biologie. Der reduktionistischen Position steht ein metaphysischer Ganzheitsansatz gegenüber. Bertalanffy, sowohl fasziniert von den Verfahren objektiver Wissenschaft als auch überzeugt von der Notwendigkeit eines ganzheitlichen Ansatzes in den Lebenswissenschaften, entfaltete ein eigenes Verständnis von Ganzheitlichkeit auf einer wissenschaftlichen Grundlage: Ganzheit meint nun Organisation. Die Intentionen der klassischen Allgemeinen Systemtheorie können sich jedoch nur im interdisziplinären Kontext und im Zusammen der Prinzipien bewähren und weitergeführt werden. Eine umfassende kritische Einschätzung der Relevanz eines systemtheoretischen Imperativs als einer ganzheitlichen und wissenschaftlich fundierten Alternative oder Ergänzung zu der allgegenwärtigen reduktionistischen Wissenschaftspraxis steht noch am Anfang. Sicher ist: Sie wird den Arbeiten von Ludwig von Bertalanffy einen zentralen Stellenwert einräumen müssen.

System theory. --- Bertalanffy, Ludwig von,

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In order to survive in a modern and competitive environment, organizations need to carefully organize their activities regarding quality management. TQM and six sigma are the approaches that have been successful in solving intricate quality problems in products and services. This volume can help those who are interested in the quality management field to understand core ideas along with contemporary efforts done in the field and authored as case studies in this volume. This volume may be useful to students, academics and practitioners across diversified disciplines.

Operations research. --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory

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This book analyses the impact computerization has had on contemporary science and explains the origins, technical nature and epistemological consequences of the current decisive interplay between technology and science: an intertwining of formalism, computation, data acquisition, data and visualization and how these factors have led to the spread of simulation models since the 1950s. Using historical, comparative and interpretative case studies from a range of disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the case of plant studies, the author shows how and why computers, data treatment devices and programming languages have occasioned a gradual but irresistible and massive shift from mathematical models to computer simulations.

Biological systems --- Mathematical models. --- Computer simulation. --- Biosystems --- Systems, Biological --- Biology --- System theory --- Systems biology --- Philosophy

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This book focuses on several key aspects of nonlinear systems including dynamic modeling, state estimation, and stability analysis. It is intended to provide a wide range of readers in applied mathematics and various engineering disciplines an excellent survey of recent studies of nonlinear systems. With its thirteen chapters, the book brings together important contributions from renowned international researchers to provide an excellent survey of recent studies of nonlinear systems. The first section consists of eight chapters that focus on nonlinear dynamic modeling and analysis techniques, while the next section is composed of five chapters that center on state estimation methods and stability analysis for nonlinear systems.

Nonlinear systems. --- Systems, Nonlinear --- System theory --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Dynamical Systems Theory --- Mathematics --- Applied Mathematics

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Forest management should allow the sustainable use of forests. This is only possible through solid knowledge in the disciplines that forest science encompasses. The readers of New Perspectives in Forest Science have an excellent source of information on actual trends of forest research and knowledge about the use of forest and landscape. This book has been written by specialists focusing on the following aspects of forest science: C cycle, biomass, forest restoration, forest resources and biodiversity. The authors of this book are of different nationalities and specialties, thus providing diverse perspectives on the subject of forestry. We hope that the chapters of this book can serve both students and researchers, as excellent guides to improve their knowledge on forest science.

Operations research. --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Life Sciences --- Forestry Science --- Agricultural and Biological Sciences --- Ecology