Part 1: Social/Organizational Theory and Application -- Chapter 1: Complex Systems and Postmodernism: A New Perspective for Society in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: A Retrospective on the University-Industry Innovation Nexus in Japan: Empirical Assessment of Coauthorship in the Light of New...

Part 1: General Systems Theory -- Chapter 1: Mesarovic-Takahara Time Systems under the Effect of Feedback Mechanism -- Chapter 2: Generalization of Law of Requisite Variety -- Chapter 3: Isomorphy of Subsystem and Component Subsystem of Input-Output System -- Chapter 4: Meta-Analysis of...

This book presents emerging work in the co-evolving fields of design-led systemics, referred to as systemic design to distinguish it from the engineering and hard science epistemologies of system design or systems engineering. There are significant societal forces and organizational demands...

The primary purpose of this handbook is to describe current theories related to the systems sciences, and to support their use and practice. There are many ways in which systems sciences have been applied and interpreted. This handbook takes a multifaceted view of systems sciences, using...

Introduction to the Handbook of Systems Sciences -- Historical Foundations -- Systems Modeling and Methodologies -- Complex Systems Modeling -- Management and Organizations -- Social Systems -- Design of Systems -- Ecological Systems -- Engineered Systems -- Systems Research and Education.