General Systems Theory — The Skeleton of Science.

Boulding, K. E. (1956). General Systems Theory — The Skeleton of Science. Management Science, 197-208.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1956

Pages

197-208

DOI registrant

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Link

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2.3.197matched

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systems_cybernetics

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• Metasystem Transition

  • This sourceEarly work on hierarchical systems and levels of organization; precursor to Turchin's metasystem-transition framework. Boulding 1956 general systems theory hierarchy levels organization.

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