applied to other systems at every level of nesting, and in a wide range of fields for achieving optimized equifinality. General systems theory is about developing...

thermodynamics, and evolutionary theory. This concept was expanded upon with the advent of information theory and subsequently systems theory. Today the concept has...

equations are employed, the theory is called continuous dynamical systems. From a physical point of view, continuous dynamical systems is a generalization of...

World-systems theory (also known as world-systems analysis or the world-systems perspective) is a multidisciplinary approach to world history and social...

of disorder and irregularities. Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnection...

Ecological systems theory is a broad term used to capture the theoretical contributions of developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner. Bronfenbrenner...

such as power grid, transportation or communication systems, complex software and electronic systems, social and economic organizations (like cities), an...

expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems sciences. Systems have several common properties...

Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It combines systems thinking...

Control theory is a field of control engineering and applied mathematics that deals with the control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and...

Social systems theory may refer to one of the following theories: Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems Actor–network theory, a theoretical and methodological...

Systems theory in archaeology is the application of systems theory and systems thinking in archaeology. It originated with the work of Ludwig von Bertalanffy...

systems theory General systems theory Living systems theory LTI system theory Social systems Sociotechnical systems theory Mathematical system theory...

contexts, enabling systems change. Systems thinking draws on and contributes to systems theory and the system sciences. The term system is polysemic: Robert...

Systems theory in anthropology is an interdisciplinary, non-representative, non-referential, and non-Cartesian approach that brings together natural and...

environment. James Grier Miller's living systems theory is a general theory about the existence of all living systems, their structure, interaction, behavior...

Developmental systems theory (DST) is an overarching theoretical perspective on biological development, heredity, and evolution. It emphasizes the shared...

In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their...

boiler to large industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines. The control systems are designed via control engineering...

dynamic systems theory was recommended by Kees de Bot to refer to both complexity theory and dynamic systems theory. Numerous labels such as chaos theory, complexity...

Work System Theory (WST) and Work System Method (WSM) are both forms of socio-technical systems but in the form of work systems. Also, the Work System Method...

his tectology, a theory widely considered a precursor of Bertalanffy's general systems theory. One of the aims of general systems theory was to model human...

dependency theory is that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the "world system". This theory was...

Systems theory in political science is a highly abstract, partly holistic view of politics, influenced by cybernetics. The adaptation of system theory...

Viable system theory (VST) concerns cybernetic processes in relation to the development/evolution of dynamical systems: it can be used to explain living...

(strategic, post-systems, collaborative) Don D. Jackson (systems theory) Sue Johnson (emotionally focused therapy, attachment theory) Walter Kempler (Gestalt...

power-law expansions in the variables of the system. This framework, which became known as Biochemical Systems Theory, has been developed since the 1960s by...

to use formal systems as the foundation of knowledge in mathematics. The term formalism is sometimes a rough synonym for formal system, but it also refers...

A glossary of terms relating to systems theory. Adaptive capacity: An important part of the resilience of systems in the face of a perturbation, helping...

Ergodic theory is a branch of mathematics that studies statistical properties of deterministic dynamical systems; it is the study of ergodicity. In this...