• DOI:10.5040/9781492595151.ch-003
Corpus ID: 122634422

What is a Systems Approach

@article{Ryan2008WhatIA,
  title={What is a Systems Approach},
  author={A. Ryan},
  journal={arXiv: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems},
  year={2008}
}

A. Ryan

Published 2008

Physics, Mathematics

arXiv: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

What is a systems approach? The first step towards answering this question is an understanding of the history of the systems movement, which includes a survey of contemporary systems discourse. In particular, I examine how systems researchers differentiated their contribution from mechanistic science – but also from holistic doctrines; and identify the similarities and sharpest differences between complex systems and other systems approaches. Having set the scene, the second step involves… CONTINUE READING

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