Systems Science
Methodological Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 26. November 2012
399 pages
978-1-4665-8879-0 (ISBN)
Description
By making use of the principles of systems science, the scientific community can explain many complicated matters of the world and shed new light on unsettled problems. Each real science has its own particular methodology for not only qualitative but also quantitative analyses, so it is important to understand the organic whole of systems research
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic researchers, lecturers, and master's and Ph.D. level graduate students in systems engineering.
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Reflowable
Illustrations
15 s/w Tabellen, 174 s/w Abbildungen
174 b/w images and 15 tables
File size
8,13 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-8879-0 (9781466588790)
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Persons
Dr. Yi Lin, also known as Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, is a specially appointed professor in economics, finance, systems science, and mathematics at several major universities in China as well as tenured professor of mathematics at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (Slippery Rock campus). His research interests are mainly in the area of systems research and applications in a wide-ranging number of disciplines of the traditional sciences, including mathematical modeling, foundations of mathematics, data analysis, theory and methods of predictions of disastrous natural events, economics and finance, management science, and philosophy of science.
Dr. Xiaojun Duan
is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and System Sciences, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. Her research interests include general systems theory and applications, data analysis, and complex system test and evaluation.Mr. Chengli Zhao
is a lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Systems Science of the National University of Defense Technology. Mr. Zhao's scientific interests and publications cover studies of complex systems, massive data computing, and web data mining.
Dr. Xiaojun Duan
is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and System Sciences, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. Her research interests include general systems theory and applications, data analysis, and complex system test and evaluation.Mr. Chengli Zhao
is a lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Systems Science of the National University of Defense Technology. Mr. Zhao's scientific interests and publications cover studies of complex systems, massive data computing, and web data mining.
Content
A Brief History of Systems Science. Concepts, Characteristics, and Classifications of Systems. Nonlinear Systems Dynamics and Catastrophe. Self-Organization: Dissipative Structures and Synergetics. Chaos. Fractals. Complex Systems and Complexity. Complex Adaptive Systems. Open Complex Giant Systems. Complex Networks. Case Studies. Bibliography. Index.
