Systems Research Yearbook 1971

The 1971 issue of the "Systems Research" yearbook focuses on methodological questions and the formal apparatus of general systems theory—from the multiplicity of representations and the problem of a system standard to axiomatic constructions and machine analysis of parameters. A separate section is dedicated to the application of systems ideas to the science of science and the history of technology, where epistemic criteria and the dynamics of scientific and technological progress are examined. The volume concludes with a section on the history of the development of systems ideas, including a review of tectology and its problems. Overall, the issue demonstrates a shift towards the formalization and operationalization of systems language in scientific research.

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Methodological Questions of General Systems Theory

• What Constitutes the Systems Approach to the Study of Real Objects of Complex Nature. A.A. Lyapunov
• The Formation and Character of the Systems Orientation. B.G. Yudin
• Some Fundamental Problems in Constructing a General Systems Theory. V.I. Sadovsky
• Systems Analysis and the Systems Approach. S.P. Nikanorov
• The Multiplicity of System Representations and the Formulation of the System Standard Problem. V.G. Gorokhov

The Formal Apparatus of General Systems Theory

• A Set-Theoretic Definition of the Concept of a System. N.N. Kaskov
• The System, Its Actualization, and Description. V.A. Vinogradov, E.L. Ginzburg
• Investigation of Dependencies Between System Parameters Using a Computer. G.Ya. Portnov, A.I. Uemov
• An Attempt at an Axiomatic Construction of General Systems Theory. Yu.A. Urmantsev

Application of Systems Theory to the Analysis of Scientific Knowledge and the History of Science and Technology

• Toward an Understanding of Scientific and Technological Progress. G.N. Povarov
• On the Problem of the Systems Study of Science (Analysis of System Substitution). I.S. Ladenko, Yu.I. Grabarev
• Epistemic Criteria in Knowledge Systems. V.N. Kostyuk

History of the Development of Systems Ideas

• Tectology: History and Problems. A.L. Takhtajan

Authors

• Alexey Andreyevich Lyapunov — Soviet mathematician and cyberneticist; one of the founders of Soviet cybernetics. Wikipedia
• Boris Grigoryevich Yudin — Soviet and Russian philosopher; methodology of science, bioethics.
• Vadim Nikolayevich Sadovsky — philosopher, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences; systems approach and general systems theory.
• Vitaly Georgievich Gorokhov — philosopher of science and technology; research on the systemic nature of scientific knowledge.
• Yuri Aleksandrovich Urmantsev — Soviet philosopher and mathematician; author of works on the axiomatics of integrity.
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Kostyuk — philosopher, logician; researcher of the systemic nature of knowledge (ISA RAS).
• Armen Leonovich Takhtajan — Soviet and American botanist and systematist; author of phylogenetic systems of plants. Wikipedia