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Volume 35 Issue 1

Published: 2006 | Start Page: 10


Special Issue: Cybernetics and public administration
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Articles
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1546065 Transcending organisational autism in the UN system response to HIV/AIDS in Africa
John G.I. Clarke (pp. 10-24)
Keywords: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Cybernetics, International organizations, Leadership
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1546066 Paradoxes of optimisation in public service management
D. Dewhurst (pp. 25-29)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Optimization techniques, Public sector organizations
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546067 A cybernetic re-evaluation of socio-economic development programs
A. Espinosa (pp. 30-44)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Economic development, Measurement, Organizational development, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546068 Improving national accounts
Karl-Gustav Hansson (pp. 45-64)
Keywords: Accounting systems, Cybernetics, Economic doctrines, National economy
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546069 Identity: the paradoxical nature of organizational closure
Luc Hoebeke (pp. 65-75)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Organizational analysis, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1546070 Momentum and control: a dynamic of democracy
Allenna Leonard (pp. 76-89)
Keywords: Communication, Cybernetics, Democracy, Governance
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1546071 Governance of economic transitions: a case study of Ukraine
Andrey Sergeyev, Alfredo Moscardini (pp. 90-107)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Economics, Market economy, Ukraine
ArticleType: Case study
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1546072 A cybernetic diagnosis of Sri Lanka's 2002-2003 peace negotiations
Leonie Solomons, Alfredo Moscardini (pp. 108-123)
Keywords: Conflict resolution, Cybernetics, Political sociology, Sociology, Sri Lanka
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546073 Identity: articulating cybernetics and sociology
Paul A. Stokes (pp. 124-147)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Sociology
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1546074 An ABC of British higher education
Rod Thomas (pp. 148-163)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Higher education, United Kingdom, Universities
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546075 Towards productive and sustainable forms of interaction in governance
Ralf-Eckhard Türke (pp. 164-181)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Governance, Social interaction, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546076 A systems approach to analysing sub-state conflicts
Steve Wright (pp. 182-194)
Keywords: Conflict management, Cybernetics, Northern Ireland, Time series analysis
ArticleType: Research paper
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1546077 HIV/AIDS: a threat to the viability of the societies it attacks
Marcela Villarreal (pp. 195-208)
Keywords: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Cybernetics, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1546078 Contemporary systems and cybernetics: Innovative applications
Brian H. Rudall (pp. 209-216)
Keywords: Automation, Computers, Cybernetics, Research
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1546079 Cybernetics and systems on the web
Alex M. Andrew (pp. 217-219)
Keywords: Particle physics, Worldwide web
ArticleType: General review
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Book Review

Dark Hero of the Information Age: in Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics
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1546061 Dark Hero of the Information Age: in Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics
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Author(s): Robert Vallée
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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
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1546062 International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
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Author(s): Robert Vallée
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Analysis and Decision Making in Uncertain Systems
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1546063 Analysis and Decision Making in Uncertain Systems
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Author(s): Robert Vallée
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From Being to Doing: the Origins of the Biology of Cognition
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1546064 From Being to Doing: the Origins of the Biology of Cognition
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Author(s): Alex M. Andrew
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Preface

Cybernetics and public administration
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1546080 Cybernetics and public administration
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Introduction

Cybernetics and public administration: special issue
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1546081 Cybernetics and public administration: special issue
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Author(s): A. Espinosa and A. Leonard
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Awards for Excellence

Awards for Excellence
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1546082 Awards for Excellence
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News, conferences and technical reports

13th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC Congress Report by the President, Professor R. Vallée
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1546083 13th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC Congress Report by the President, Professor R. Vallée
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Summaries of addresses presented at the opening ceremony of the 13th WOSC Congress 2005
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1546084 Summaries of addresses presented at the opening ceremony of the 13th WOSC Congress 2005
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Brief address to the 13th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems (July, 2005)
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1546085 Brief address to the 13th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems (July, 2005)
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Message to the 13th Congress of WOSC delivered by Professor R. Vallée from Dr Alex Andrew, Director-General of WOSC
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1546086 Message to the 13th Congress of WOSC delivered by Professor R. Vallée from Dr Alex Andrew, Director-General of WOSC
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Address presented by Professor B.H. Rudall, Vice-President WOSC/Director of the Norbert Wiener Institute and Editor-in-Chief of Kybernetes
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1546087 Address presented by Professor B.H. Rudall, Vice-President WOSC/Director of the Norbert Wiener Institute and Editor-in-Chief of Kybernetes
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Conference reports
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1546088 Conference reports
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Author(s): Alex M. Andrew
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UK Cybernetics Society 30th Annual Conference Developments in Cybernetics
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1546089 UK Cybernetics Society 30th Annual Conference Developments in Cybernetics
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15th International Conference on Systems Science, Wroclaw University of Technology 7-10 September 2004 – WOSC president’s address
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1546090 15th International Conference on Systems Science, Wroclaw University of Technology 7-10 September 2004 – WOSC president’s address
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Author(s): Prof. Robert Vallée
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Sixth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems
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1546091 Sixth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems
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Author(s): Robert Vallée
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Announcements

Announcements
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1546092 Announcements
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Special announcements

28th International Conference on Software Engineering
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1546093 28th International Conference on Software Engineering
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The Eleventh IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
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1546094 The Eleventh IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
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The 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
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1546095 The 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
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The Second International Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems
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1546096 The Second International Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems
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35th Annual Conference – 2006 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2006)
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1546097 35th Annual Conference – 2006 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2006)
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Mathematical Education of Engineers V
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1546098 Mathematical Education of Engineers V
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Book reports

Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers
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1546099 Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers
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Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic
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1546100 Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic
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Open Process Frameworks - Patterns for the Adaptive e-Enterprise
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1546101 Open Process Frameworks - Patterns for the Adaptive e-Enterprise
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From P2P to Web Services and Grids - Peers in a Client/server World
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1546102 From P2P to Web Services and Grids - Peers in a Client/server World
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Handbook of Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming
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1546103 Handbook of Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming
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Optimisation Globale: Théorie Des Courbes α-denses
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1546104 Optimisation Globale: Théorie Des Courbes α-denses
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Author(s): C.J.H. Mann
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Communications and forum

The early days
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1546105 The early days
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Author(s): Alex M. Andrew
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Learning with Locker: an appreciation
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1546106 Learning with Locker: an appreciation
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Author(s): Ranulph Glanville
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