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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.

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MODEL (Generic and Concrete) 2)

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J. ARACIL proposes the following distinction between "generic" and "concrete" model, in order "to clarify some ambiguity in the ordinary use of the term model":

"When one speaks currently about models there is some vagueness that is convenient to analyze… On the one hand, one speaks of a model without specifying the numerical values of the parameters. In this case we use the term "model" with the meaning of "generic model M". Giving values to the parameters we have a "concrete model C". This is the second meaning of the word model" (1979, p.245).

One of the most demanding challenge to be met by systems science, is to produce generic models which can in turn be used as matrixes of concrete models for practical applications.

ARACIL's generalization of FORRESTER's systems dynamics by use of attractors in order to generate qualitative bifurcations in the modeling process is certainly an important step toward this goal.

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  • 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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