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Volume 35 Issue 3

Published: 2006 | Start Page: 286


Special Issue: Festschrift for Felix Geyer
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1552908 The cold war within a sociological systems perspective
Vessela Misheva (pp. 286-307)
Keywords: Communication, Cybernetics, Sociology, War
ArticleType: Research paper
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1552909 Reflexivity revisited: the sociocybernetics of belief, meaning, truth and power
Bernard Scott (pp. 308-316)
Keywords: Modelling, Sociocybernetics, Systems analysis
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552910 Thank you Felix Geyer
Lauren Langman (pp. 317-322)
Keywords: Social systems, Systems theory
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1552911 Happiness and the pursuit of happiness: A sociocybernetic approach
Bernd R. Hornung (pp. 323-346)
Keywords: Psychology, Sociocybernetics, Sociology
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552912 Thinking about experience and action
Richard Jung (pp. 347-359)
Keywords: Action research, Constraint handling, Cybernetics, Experience
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552913 The sociological concept of autopoiesis: Biological and philosophical basics and governance relevance
Eva Buchinger (pp. 360-374)
Keywords: Governance, Social systems
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552914 Sociocybernetics and social entropy theory
Kenneth D. Bailey (pp. 375-384)
Keywords: Sociocybernetics, Systems theory
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552915 The challenge of the past for the future of the social sciences
Cor van Dijkum, Johannes J.F. Schroots (pp. 385-402)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Feedback, Scientific management, Self assessment, Simulation, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1552916 The necessity of trans-scientific frameworks for doing interdisciplinary research: Developed from a conference paper for paradigms lost and paradigms gained: negotiating interdisciplinarity in the twenty-first century, Calgary, May 2001
Søren Brier (pp. 403-425)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Information science, Scientific management
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552917 Sociocybernetics and testability: a bridge too far?
Johannes van der Zouwen (pp. 426-432)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Sociocybernetics, Testing conditions
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1552918 A forgotten message? von Bertalanffy's puzzle
Gerard de Zeeuw (pp. 433-440)
Keywords: Experience, Knowledge management, Memory, Research
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552919 Corporate social responsibility from the viewpoint of systems thinking
Jozica Knez-Riedl, Matjaz Mulej, Robert G. Dyck (pp. 441-460)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Social responsibility, Systems theory
ArticleType: Research paper
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1552920 Social knowledge for a world in transition: Sociocybernetics and the contemporary transformation of the structures of knowledge
Richard E. Lee (pp. 461-470)
Keywords: Cybernetics, General system theory, Knowledge management, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: General review
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1552921 Complex systems studies and the concepts of security
Czeslaw Mesjasz (pp. 471-488)
Keywords: Complexity theory, Metaphors, Social systems, Stability (control theory), Systems theory
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552922 Is Kevin Warwick a dandy?: Observation, self-control and the evolution of perception-steering mechanisms
John Wood (pp. 489-496)
Keywords: Free will, Self assessment, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1552923 The crisis of contemporary science
Arne Kjellman (pp. 497-521)
Keywords: Object-oriented programming, Sciences, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552924 Studying alienation: toward a better society?
Devorah Kalekin-Fishman (pp. 522-530)
Keywords: Critical thinking, Social structure, Sociology
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552925 The biological metaphor of a second-order observer and the sociological discourse
Loet Leydesdorff (pp. 531-546)
Keywords: Communication, Expectancy theory, Social systems, Sociocybernetics
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1552926 The two faces of American power: Military and political communication during the Cuban missile crisis
Michaël Deinema, Loet Leydesdorff (pp. 547-566)
Keywords: Functional differentiation, Military actions, Sociocybernetics, War
ArticleType: Research paper
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1552927 The vicarious self: Media and individual experience in the context of societal complexity reduction
Juan Miguel Aguado (pp. 567-582)
Keywords: Complexity theory, Environmental management, Mass media
ArticleType: Literature review
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1552928 Cybernetics and systems on the web: Jerry Wiesner and MIT
Alex M. Andrew (pp. 583-585)
Keywords: Cybernetics, Nuclear weapons
ArticleType: General review
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Book Review

Jerry Wiesner, Scientist, Statesman, Humanist: Memories and Memoirs
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1552901 Jerry Wiesner, Scientist, Statesman, Humanist: Memories and Memoirs
Journal: Kybernetes
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Author(s): Edited by Walter A. Rosenblith; foreword by Senator Edward M. Kennedy
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Modelling of High Complexity Systems with Applications
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1552902 Modelling of High Complexity Systems with Applications
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Author(s): Constantin V. Negoita
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Web Dynamics. Adapting to Change in Content, Size, Topology and Use
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1552903 Web Dynamics. Adapting to Change in Content, Size, Topology and Use
Journal: Kybernetes
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Author(s): D.M. Hutton
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Exploring Chaos: Theory and Experiment
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1552904 Exploring Chaos: Theory and Experiment
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Author(s): D.M. Hutton
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The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs
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1552905 The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs
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Author(s): D.M. Hutton
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Computationally Intelligent Hybrid Systems – A Fusion of Soft Computing and Hard Computing
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1552906 Computationally Intelligent Hybrid Systems – A Fusion of Soft Computing and Hard Computing
Journal: Kybernetes
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Author(s): W.R. Howard
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The Nature of Mathematical Modeling
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1552907 The Nature of Mathematical Modeling
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Author(s): W.R. Howard
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Preface

Festschrift for Felix Geyer
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1552929 Festschrift for Felix Geyer
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Author(s): Brian H. Rudall
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Editors' introduction

How the festschrift came about
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1552930 How the festschrift came about
Journal: Kybernetes
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Author(s): B. Scott, V. Misheva and C. van Dijkum
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Contributors to the Festschrift

Contributors to the Festschrift
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1552931 Contributors to the Festschrift
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Awards

Awards
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1552932 Awards
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Announcements

Announcements
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1576361 Announcements
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Special announcements

ICDCS 2006
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1552933 ICDCS 2006
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35th Annual Conference – 2006 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2006)
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1552934 35th Annual Conference – 2006 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2006)
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The Second International Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems
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1552935 The Second International Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems
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Book reports

The Man behind the Microchip: Robert Noyee and the Invention of Silicon Valley
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1552936 The Man behind the Microchip: Robert Noyee and the Invention of Silicon Valley
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The Turing Test
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1552937 The Turing Test
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IT Service Management, from Hell: A Guide to Worst Practices
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1552938 IT Service Management, from Hell: A Guide to Worst Practices
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Geophysical Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic
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1552939 Geophysical Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic
Journal: Kybernetes
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Author(s): C.J.H. Mann
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