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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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MACHINA SPECULATRIX 2)5)

MACHINE 1)2)

MACHINE (Determinate) 2)

MACHINE (Finite state) 1)2)

MACHINE METAPHOR (The) and its Mechanic 3)

MACHINE (Non-trivial) 2)3)

MACHINE (Recursion) 2)

MACHINE (Sequential) 2)

MACHINE (Social) 2)4)

MACHINE (Trivial) 1)

MACHINE-LEARNING SYSTEM (Elements and Basic Functions of) 5)

MACRO-, MEGA-, MICRO- 2)3)

MACRODETERMINACY 1)2)

MACRON 1)2)

MACROSCOPE 3)

MACROSCOPIC and MICROSCOPIC 1)2)4)

MACROSTATE 1)3)

MAGIC BULLET 1)

MAGICAL NUMBER SEVEN 2)3)

MAGNITUDE 5)

MAINTENANCE CONDITIONS of a SYSTEM 1)

MAINTENANCE ENERGY DEMAND 1)

MALTHUS "LAW" 1)2)4)

MAN AS A PREDATOR 1)4)

MANAGEMENT 4)

MANAGEMENT and SYSTEMS MORALITY 1)4)

MANAGEMENT CYBERNETICS 2)

MANAGEMENT (Hierarchic vs. heterarchic) 4)

MANAGEMENT (Human Systems) 4)

MANAGEMENT in systemic terms 1)4)

MANAGEMENT (INTERACTIVE) 4)

MANDALA 1)

MANIFEST versus HIDDEN 1)

MANIFOLD 5)

MANIFOLD (Invariant) 2)5)

MANIPULATION 1)4)

MAN-MACHINE SYSTEM

MAP (Mental) 2)3)

MAP TERRITORY RELATION 2)3)

MAPPING 2)

MAPPING (Functional) in networks 2)

MARGINAL VALUE THEOREM

MARKER 2)

MARKOV CHAIN 2)

MARKOV CHAIN ANALYSIS 2)

MARKOV SOURCE (mth order) 2)

MARKOVIAN MATRIX 2)

MARKOVIAN MATRIXES (Hierarchies of) 2)

MARKOVIAN PROCESS 2)

MARKOVIAN PROCESS (Order of a) 2)

MARKOVIAN SYSTEM 1)2)

MASK 2)

MATERGON 2)3)

MATERIALISM (Emergent) 2)3)5)

MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM 2)3)

MATHEMATICAL TRUTH 3)

MATHEMATICS 3)

MATHEMATICS and nonlinear systems 1)2)3)

MATHEMATICS and Systemics 3)

MATHEMATICS (Polysemy in) 2)3)

MATRIX 2)

MATRIX BUILDER 2)3)

MATRIXES and GRAPHS 2)

MATRIX (The) 1)3)4)

MATTER 1)3)

MATTER-ENERGY STORAGE 2

MATTER-TIME 1)

MAXIMIZATION and ORGANIZATION 1)4)

MAXIMIZATION PRINCIPLE (LOTKA) 1)4)

MAXIMIZATION VS. OPTIMIZATION 1)

MAXIMUM POWER PRINCIPLE 2)

MAXWELL's DEMON 2)

MEANING 3)4)

MEANING AND INFORMATION 3)

MEANING (Imaginary) 3)

MEANING (Meaning of) 3)

MEANING OF A MESSAGE 3)

MEANING ORGANIZER 1)2)

MEANING SYSTEM 3)4)

MEANING THEORY 1)2)3)4)

MEANINGLESSNESS 3)

MEANINGS (Formation of) 3)4)

MEANS-ENDS ANALYSIS 2)

MEASUREMENT 1)2)

MEASUREMENT SYSTEM 2)

MEASURER 2)

MECHANICISM in CYBERNETICS 1)3)

MECHANISM 1)

MECHANISM (Step) 2)

MECHANISTIC PARADIGM 3)

MECHANIZATION 2)

MECHANIZATION (Excessive) 1)4)

MECHANIZATION (Progressive) 1)2)

MEDIA 1)4)

MEDIATION 1)4)

MEDIUM 1)

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION

MEMBRANE 2)5)

MEME 1)4)

MEME COMPLEX 1)4)

MEMEPLEX 1)4)

MEMETICS 1)4)

MEMORY 2)

MEMORY AND NOISE 1)2)

MEMORY (Associative) 2)

MEMORY (Computer) 3)5)

MEMORY (Distributed) 2)

MEMORY IN ECOSYSTEMS AND SOCIETY 1)4)

MEMORY (MILLER) 2)3)

MEMORY OF INITIAL CONDITIONS 1)

MEMORY (TAXON)

MERIDIAL 2)

MESO- 1)4)

MESOSCOPIC SCALE

MESS 1)4)

MESS FORMULATION 2)4)

MESSAGE 1)2)3)

MESSAGE (Ambiguous) 2)3)

MESSAGE in its epistemic environment 3)

MESSAGE (Meta-) 2)3)

MESSAGES (Hierarchies of) 3)

META 1)2)

META-ANALYSIS 2)3)

METABOLISM 5)

METACOMMUNICATION 2)3)

META-CONCEPTS 1)3)

META-CYCLE 2)

METAKNOWLEDGE IN CRITICAL THINKING 3)

METALANGUAGE 3)

META-LANGUAGE Characteristic requirements 2)3)

METALINGUISTIC RULES 3)

META-METAMODELING 3)4)

METAMETHODOLOGICAL INQUIRY 2)3)

METAMODEL 2)3)

METAMODELING 2)3)

METAMORPH 1)2)

METAPATTERN: a pattern of patterns 1)2)

METAPHOR 1)3)

METAPHOR (Organismic) 3)4)

METAPHOR THEORY (Conceptual) 1)3)

METAPHORIC FRAMEWORK 1)2)4)

METAPHORS (Classes of) 2)

METAPHORS (Systemic and cybernetic) 1)3)

META-POLICY 4)

METAPOPULATION 2)

META-SKILLS (Systemic) 2)

METASTABILITY 2)

METASYSTEM 1)2)

METASYSTEM PARADIGM 2)3)

METASYSTEM PARADIGM: Epistemological status 3)

METASYSTEM TRANSITION THEORY 1)2)

METATHEORY OF SYSTEMS RESEARCH 3)

META-TOOLS 2)

META-UNCERTAINTY 3)

METHOD 2)

METHOD (DESCARTES discourse on) 3)

METHOD (Scientific) and CHAOS 2)3)

METHOD (Systemic) 2)3)

METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM 2)

METHODOLOGY 1)3)

METRON 2)

MILIEU 1)5)

MIND 3)

MIND (Society of the) 2)4)5)

MINDBUGS 1)3)

MINDSCAPES (Epistemological, Meta-types) 3)4)

MINIATURIZATION 1)

MINIMAL PRINCIPLES 1)2)

MINIMAX STRATEGY 2)

MINIMIZATION ALGORITHM (Adaptive) 2)

MINIMUM (Law of) 1)2)

MINUS-ONE EFFECTS

MINUS-ONE METHOD 2)

MITWELT 1)4)5)

MIXING 2)

MODALITY 3)

MODE 2)5)

MODEL 2)3)

MODEL: A semantic muddle 3)

MODEL (Formal System)

MODEL (Generic and Concrete) 2)

MODEL (Implicit)

MODEL (Observer's) 3)

MODEL (Predictive) 2)

MODEL (Prescriptive) 2)

MODEL – REGULATOR IDENTITY (Law of requisite) 2)3)

MODEL (Retrodictive) 2)

MODEL (State determinated) 2)

MODEL (Structure of a) 2)

MODEL (Symbolic system) 1)2)

MODEL ACCURACY 2)

MODEL AND THEORY 2)3)

MODEL as a system (The) 2)3)

MODEL BUILDING 2)3)

MODEL BUILDING (Iterative process in) 2)3)

MODEL (Computer) 3)5)

MODEL (Concept of) 2)3)

MODEL (Conceptual system) 2)

MODEL (Continuous or discrete) 1)2)

MODEL MAKING 1)2)3)

MODEL TRANSFERABILITY 2)3)

MODEL VALIDATION

MODELER (Role of the) 1)

MODELING and METAMODELING 2)3)

MODELING (Interpretive Structural) 2)

MODELING (Interpretive structural)

MODELING RELATION 2)3)

MODELING (Systemic) 2)

MODELIZATION: Analytic or systemic 2)3)

MODELIZATION BY COMPUTER (Limits of the) 3)5)

MODELIZATION (Expediency in) 2)3)4)

MODELIZATION in System Dynamics 5)

MODELIZATION METHODOLOGY (Systemic) 1)2)

MODELS (Dynamic use of) 2)3)

MODELS (Functions and uses of) 1)2)

MODELS (Mathematical) of systems 2)

MODELS (Qualitative) 2)3)

MODELS (Qualitative Analysis of) 2)3)

MODELS: Some taxonomies 1)

MODELS (Use of Generic and Concrete) 2)

MODULARITY (Weak) 1)2)

MODULATION 2)5)

MODULE 1)2)

MONAD 2)3)

MONEY A systemic definition 4)5)

MONITORING 1)

MONOCULTURE 1)4)5)

MONOTONY PRINCIPLE (of Arnaud DANCHIN) 2)

MORALITY 4)

MORALITY (Ethics and)

MORALITY (Management and systems)

MORPHIC FIELD 2)

MORPHIC RESONANCE 2)

MORPHISM 2)

MORPHOCATALYSIS 1)2)

MORPHODYNAMICS 1)2)

MORPHOGEN 2)

MORPHOGENESIS 1)2)

MORPHOGENESIS as EMERGENCE 2)

MORPHOGENESIS (INVIRONMENT and ENVIRONMENT in) 1)2)

MORPHOGENETIC FIELD 2)

MORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 5)

MORPHOLOGY 1)

MORPHOLOGY (Dynamic) 2)

MORPHOMETRY (Geometric) 2)

MORPHOSPACE 2)5)

MORPHOSTASIS 1)2)4)

MOSAIC 2)

MOSCOW SYNERGETIC SCHOOL (The) 1)

MOTIVATOR 1)4)

MOTOR 1)2)

MOVING AVERAGES 2)

MULTI-AGENTS SYSTEM 1)2)

MULTI-AGENTS SYSTEM STRUCTURE 2)

MULTIDIRECTIONALISM 1)2)

MULTIDISCIPLINARITY 1)3)4)

MULTIDISCIPLINE GROUP 1)4)

MULTI-EQUILIBRIUM 2)

MULTIFINALITY 1)

MULTIFOCALITY 1)2)

MULTILECTICS 1)3)

MULTI-LEVEL DESCRIPTION 1)2)

MULTI-LOOP MODEL 2)

MULTI-MODAL SYSTEMS THINKING 1)4)

MULTI-PERSPECTIVISM 1)2)4)

MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVE METHOD 1)2)

MULTIPLICATION 2)

MULTIPLIER (Social) 4)

MULTIPOLE 2)

MULTISTAT 2)

MULTIVERSE 1)

MUSIC FROM A SYSTEMIC VIEWPOINT 1)

MUTATION 1)

MUTUALISM 5)

Categories

  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
  • 4) Human sciences
  • 5) Discipline oriented

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