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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION for CYBERNETICS 1)

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This Association was founded in 1956 in Namur (Belgium) by a group of Cybernetists (J. DIEBOLD, N. WIENER, L. COUFFIGNAL, W. GREY WALTER, G. PASK, etc…). It received the sponsorship and material help from the Namur Province since its beginning. Its first President was a noted Belgian cybernetist, Prof. G. BOULANGER.

ST. BEER, H.von FOERSTER, W. ROSS ASHBY, H. FRANK and R. VALLÉE were also among the early members and collaborators of BOULANGER.

The Association organized a triennal Congress of Cybernetics in Namur since 1956. The 14th, and last to date, took place in 1995. The Association also published the quarterly journal "Cybernetica" since 1958, whose collection is one of the most valuable sources on cybernetics.

In the recent years, a stronger connection between cybernetics and systemics can be observed.

It should also be noted that, under the leadership of H. FRANK, the "Internacia Lingvo", better known as "Esperanto" was recognized as an official language in the Congresses, along with English and French.

Footnote: Unfortunately the I.A.C. has been dissolved in year 2000, due to the suppression of funding by the Belgian Province of Namur.

"Cybernetica", the 41 year old Journal of the Association, published its last issue (2/4, 1998) in 1999. Its suppression is a considerable loss for cybernetics

Categories

  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
  • 4) Human sciences
  • 5) Discipline oriented

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (2020). Title of the entry. In Charles François (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics (2). Retrieved from www.systemspedia.org/[full/url]

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