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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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REGION 1)

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An area in the field of a state-determined system in which the lines of behavior from all points remain located (after ASHBY, 1960, p.48).

According to ASHBY such a region is stable. From his comments and developments, it appaers that "region" is practically a synonym of "basin" in topology.

He explains, for example that: "If a line of behavior is re-entrant to itself, the system undergoes a recurrent cycle. If the cycle is wholly contained in a given region, and the lines of behavior lead into the cycle, the cycle is stable" (p.49).

The region model corresponds more or less to the field concept. It has a practical value in any situation where a group or population (or whatever kind) is wandering in an environment with resources variable in space and in time.

→ Foraging theory; Parasitism; Symbiosis; Value Theorem (Marginal)

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  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
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  • 4) Human sciences
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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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