IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 3 (19) August/September RANULPH GLANVILLE The Dutch Ministry of Education has awarded a team led by Prof. Gerard de Zeeuw at the University of Amsterdam a major research contract, scheduled to… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 3 (19) August/September Stephen Sokoloff (based on an interview of Gerard de Zeeuw) Systems to enhance the quality of human existance – that is a primary goal of Prof. de Zeeuw.… Read more »
Table of Contents SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE, Stephen Sokoloff…1 A New Organization: The German Society for System Research…1 Support, Survival and Culture: Report on a research programme at the University of Amsterdam, the… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 2 (18) June-July STEPHEN SOKOLOFF In what ways can cybernetics contribute to the progress of the biological and medical sciences? The 29 lectures which were held at the symposium elucidated many… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 2 (18) June-July HAROLD CHESTNUT The ninth European meeting on cybernetics and systems research In 1988 was the first conference I attended in which both of these disciplines were combined Therefore… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 2 (18) June-July During my term I was able to accomplish the following goals: 1. Substantially increase the number of member organizations. When I started we had three members and now… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 2 (18) June-July FRANZ PICHLER Under the auspices of the University of Linz Institute of System Science the Cast Workshop 1988 was held at the Haus Waldheimat, Gallneukirchen. Upper Austria from… Read more »
Table of Contents PRESIDENT’S REPORT 1986/88, ROBERT TRAPPL…1 IMPRESSIONS OF EMCSR ’88, HAROLD CHESTNUT…2 SYMPOSIUM ON GENERAL SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY AT THE NINTH EUROPEAN MEETING ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH…2 CYBERNETICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, STEPHEN… Read more »
IFSR Newsletter 1988 No. 1 (17) Spring JOHN P VAN GIGCH CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO School of Business and Public Administration Sacramento, California Abstract: What’s wrong with OR/MS? John van Gigch believes that these fields… Read more »
Table of Contents EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPERATIONS RESEARCH/MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY, JOHN P VAN GIGCH…1 NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS: A NEW PERIODICAL: JOURNAL OF NEW GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS…3 MEETINGS – DETAILED… Read more »