Systems_science

Systems science is the interdisciplinary field of science surrounding systems theory, cybernetics, the science of complex systems. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.

Overview

Systems science and systemics are names for all research related to systems theory. It is defined as an emerging branch of science that studies holistic systems and tries to develop logical, mathematical, engineering and philosophical paradigms and frameworks in which physical, technological, biological, social, cognitive and metaphysical systems can be studied and developed.

History

Systems science emerged in the 1950s.Charles François, Systemics and Cybernetics in a Historical Perspective, 1999.

Topics in systems science

Main article: Glossary of systems theory

Systems sciences deals with self-organization, autopoiesis, emergence, multi-agent systems, open systems, closed systems, feedback loops and related phenomena.

Forms of systems science

Major forms of systems science are chaos theory, theory of complex systems, human complex systems, control theory, cybernetics, sociotechnical systems theorys, systems biology, systems dynamics, systems ecology, systems engineering and systems theory.

Systems scientists

Main article: List of systems scientists

Notable contributors to the field include Jay Forrester, Humberto Maturana, Stuart Kauffman, Norbert Wiener, William Ross Ashby, Heinz von Foerster and Charles François.

Organizations

Main article: List of systems science organisations

Scientifically the field is organized and maintained by the body in charge of all systems science societies, the International Federation for Systems Research.

See also

• International Federation for Systems Research
• List of systems science organisations
• Principia Cybernetica
• System engineering
• Systemics
• Systems theory
• World-systems theory
• System equivalence

References

Further reading

• B. A. Bayraktar, Education in Systems Science, 1979, 369 pp.
• Kenneth D. Bailey, "Fifty Years of Systems Science:Further Reflections", Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 22, 2005, pp. 355–361.
• Robert L Flood, Ewart R Carson, Dealing with Complexity: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of Systems Science, 1988.
• George J. Klir, Facets of Systems Science, Plenum Press, 1991.
• Ervin László, Systems Science and World Order: Selected Studies, 1983.
• Anatol Rapoport (ed.), General Systems: Yearbook of the Society for the Advancement of General Systems Theory, Society for General Systems Research, Vol 1., 1956.
• Li D. Xu, "The contributions of Systems Science to Information Systems Research", Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 17, 2000, pp. 105–116.
• John N. Warfield, "A proposal for Systems Science", Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 20, 2003, pp. 507–520.

External links

• Principia Cybernetica Web
• International Society for the System Sciences

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