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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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SYSTEM (Controlled) 1)

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According to B. BANATHY, (rigidly) controlled systems offers the following characteristics: "… they are rather closed and have only limited and well guarded interactions with their environments. These types are restricted, have few components and operate usually not more than two levels of decision making. They are unitary in purpose with clearly defined goals and behave mechanistically" (1988, p.29).

"… Operational objectives and ways and means of operation are clearly prescribed; there is little or no room for self-direction at the operating levels.

"… Rigid structure and well defined stable relationships are established among the various system components, with little systems dynamics and only minor changes over time…

"Methods that might be appropriate include: deterministic methods that rely on quantification and mathematical representations and simulations, problem focused operational research methods, certain systems engineering methods, linear systems analysis, etc." (Ibid).

BANATHY gives as examples: "man-machine systems, assembly line work groups, primitive socio-economic systems" (Ibid). These latter are generally strongly ritualized and thus offer a very restricted frame for activity.

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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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