Systems Research Yearbook 1977

The 1977 issue develops the methodology of the systems approach, discussing in detail the relationship between wholeness and systemicity, the status and functions of systems methodology, and its application in the study of science. In parallel, it formulates a "parametric systems theory" and refines the principles of composition/decomposition and the approximation of general systemic patterns. In the applied section, systems approaches are applied to ecology, urban planning, typologies of integral formations, and child psychology.

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Methodological Problems of the Systems Approach

• Wholeness and Systemicity. I.V. Blauberg
• The General Scientific Status and Functions of the Systems Approach. A.D. Ursul
• Systems Methodology. Some Remarks on its Nature, Structure, and Application. W. Gasparski
• Towards a Definition of the Integral Ideal Object. G.A. Smirnov
• Goal-Oriented Analysis and Multi-Objective Concepts. A.A. Olitsky

The Systems Approach in the Study of Science

• The Methodology of Science and the Systems Approach. V.N. Sadovsky
• System-Forming Factors in the History of Science. B.A. Starostin
• The Body of Publications and the System of a Scientific Discipline. E.M. Mirsky

Development of Parametric Systems Theory

• Experimental Design and Parametric Systems Theory. A.I. Uemov
• System Composition and Decomposition. A.V. Chaikovsky
• Some Principles for Approximating General Systemic Patterns with Logical Functions. G.M. Milovidov
• On the Paradoxical Nature of Defining the Concept of a "System". A.Yu. Tsofnas

Problems in the Study of Complex Systems

• The Systems Approach in Ecological Research. K.A. Kurkin
• The City as an Object of Systems Research. A.E. Gutnov
• Typological Problems in the Study of Integral Formations. N.G. Alekseev
• The Systems Approach in the Study of Child Psychology. A.M. Kozulin

Authors

• Igor Viktorovich Blauberg — philosopher; systems methodology. Wikipedia
• Arkady Dmitrievich Ursul — philosopher of science and cosmonautics; systems approach. Wikipedia
• Wojciech W. Gasparski — Polish praxeologist philosopher; systems methodology, business ethics. Wikipedia (PL)
• Vadim Nikolaevich Sadovsky — philosopher; general scientific status of the systems approach. Wikipedia
• Avenir Ivanovich Uemov — philosopher; parametric systems theory. Wikipedia
• Alexey Viktorovich Gutnov — architectural theorist and urban planner; the city as an object of systems research.