- General Systems
Infobox Magazine
title = General Systems
editor =Ludwig von Bertalanffy andAnatol Rapoport
frequency =Annual
circulation =
category =Scientific journal
company =Society for General Systems Research
firstdate =1956
country =United States
language = English
issn ="General Systems: Yearbook of the Society for General Systems Research", known as "General Systems", is the first annual journal in the field of
systems science initiated in1956 edited byLudwig von Bertalanffy andAnatol Rapoport . This journal featuring selected publications by foundational authors of thesystems sciences . [ [http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/journals.html Cybernetics and Systems Journals] , retrieved 28 May 2008.]Overview
Each December since 1956, the Society has published the General Systems Yearbook, comprising a wide spectrum of articles delineating progress in general systems theory. These yearbooks collects together significant papers, often originally published in journals of a wide variety of disciplines. This is a very valuable source for the location of concepts and their definitions. [ [http://www.uia.be/node/150?k
] . Union of International Associations 1907-2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.]
The yearbook contains some of the classic works in the field of systems theory [Benjamin Frankel (1996), "Roots of Realism". pp 53.] , such as:
*Ludwig von Bertalanffy , "General Systems Theory," in "General Systems Yearbook" 1 (1956),
*Kenneth Boulding , "General Systems Theory -- The Skeleton of Science," General Systems Yearbook, I (1956), pp. 11-17.
*W. Ross Ashby , "General systems theory as a new discipline," General Systems Yearbook, 3, (1958).
*Charles A. McClelland , "Systems and History in International Relations," General Systems Yearbook, III (1958).The General Systems Yearbook also contains examples of the third kind of general systems activity — creating new laws and refining old. [Gerald M. Weinberg (1975), "An Introduction to General Systems Thinking". John Wiley, p. 46.]
History
This journal was initiated in 1956 as the General Systems: Yearbook of the Society for the Advancement of General Systems Theory. This Society was founded in 1954 by the biologists
Ludwig von Bertalanffy andRalph Gerard , the economistKenneth Boulding , and the mathematicianAnatol Rapoport . It particularly aimed at overcoming the growing isolation of specialized disciplines by developingGeneral Systems Theory . The Society changed its name in 1956 to theSociety for General Systems Research and the yearbook changed with it.In the 1970s the General Systems Yearbook and the "General Systems Journal" (quarterly) were the most important periodicals in the area of general systems theory. [George J. Klir (1972). "Trends in General Systems Theory". pp. 444.] In 1987 the Society again renamed to
International Society for the Systems Sciences . From 1956 to 1986 the yearbook was published as one book. Since1987 the Yearbook has been published each year as part 5 (Sept/Oct) of the journalSystems Research and Behavioral Science .See also
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List of journals in systems science References
External links
* [http://isss.org/projects/general_system_yearbook GENERAL SYSTEM YEARBOOK Volume I - 1956] content.
* [http://isss.org/projects/general_system_yearbook_volume_ii_-_1957 GENERAL SYSTEMS YEARBOOK Volume II - 1957] content.
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