By making use of the principles of systems science, the scientific community can explain many complicated matters of the world and shed new light on unsettled problems. Each real science has its own particular methodology for not only qualitative but also quantitative analyses, so it is important to understand the organic whole of systems research
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Dr. Yi Lin, also known as Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, is a specially appointed professor in economics, finance, systems science, and mathematics at several major universities in China as well as tenured professor of mathematics at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (Slippery Rock campus). His research interests are mainly in the area of systems research and applications in a wide-ranging number of disciplines of the traditional sciences, including mathematical modeling, foundations of mathematics, data analysis, theory and methods of predictions of disastrous natural events, economics and finance, management science, and philosophy of science.
Dr. Xiaojun Duan Mr. Chengli Zhao
Inhalt
A Brief History of Systems Science. Concepts, Characteristics, and Classifications of Systems. Nonlinear Systems Dynamics and Catastrophe. Self-Organization: Dissipative Structures and Synergetics. Chaos. Fractals. Complex Systems and Complexity. Complex Adaptive Systems. Open Complex Giant Systems. Complex Networks. Case Studies. Bibliography. Index.