Systems Research Yearbook 1979

Starting in 1979, the yearbook was published by VNIISI and was given the subtitle "Methodological Problems," reflecting a shift towards coordinating work and deepening the theoretical foundations of the systems approach, systems analysis, and general systems theory. This volume sets the framework for discussing the role of dialectical materialism as a philosophical basis, as well as the interdisciplinarity, conceptual apparatus, and practical methodology of systems research. It effectively represents a "relaunch" of the series, with an emphasis on serving as a methodological organ for the systems movement.

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Methodological Problems of the Systems Approach and Systems Analysis

• Materialist Dialectics: The Philosophical Foundation of Systems Research. D.M. Gvishiani
• The Systems Approach and General Systems Theory: Status, Main Problems, and Prospects for Development. V.N. Sadovsky
• Systems Analysis as a Scientific Research Program: Structure and Key Concepts. E.L. Nappelbaum.
• Basic Concepts and Definitions of Systems Theory (in Connection with the Application of Systems Theory to Biology). A.A. Malinovsky
• Foundations of the Formal Theory of Wholeness (Part One). G.A. Smirnov
• Principles of Systems Research and Specific Biology. K.M. Khailov
• Internal and External Systems in the Theory of Classification. S.V. Chebanov.
• On the 'Paradoxes' of Systems Thinking and the Conditions for Their Emergence. A.E. Kashevarova

Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis

• Non-Formalized Elements of a Modeling System. N.I. Lapin
• On Constructing a Model of a Reproductive System (Problems of the Categorial Apparatus). Yu.A. Levada
• On the Simulation Modeling of Systems with a Developing Structure. V.I. Danilov-Danilyan, I.L. Tolmachev, V.V. Shurshalov
• Methodological Problems of the Practical Application of Systems Analysis. O.I. Larichev
• On the Systems Description of Purposeful Human Behavior. N.F. Naumova

The Systems Approach to the Study of Science

• A Systems Study of the Documentary Information Flow. V.I. Gorkova
• The Principle of Wholeness in the Interdisciplinary Study of Scientific Activity. A.A. Ignatiev
• Disciplinary Knowledge and Scientific Communications. A.P. Ogurtsov
• On the Problem of the Systemic Nature of Scientific Knowledge (A Critical Analysis of the Evolutionist Approach in Modern Western Methodology of Science). V.M. Seliverstov
• Paradoxes: A Logo-Systemic Analysis. V.N. Kostyuk

From the History of Systems Ideas

• At the Origins of the Concept of a System (The Problem of the One and the Many in Plato's Philosophy). P.P. Gaidenko

Authors

• Jermen M. Gvishiani — philosopher and science organizer; systems research and methodology.
• Vadim N. Sadovsky — philosopher; status and prospects of the systems approach.
• Alexander A. Malinovsky — biologist; general systems concepts as applied to biology.
• Kirill M. Khailov — biologist-ecologist; principles of systems research.
• Yuri A. Levada — sociologist; modeling of sociocultural systems.
• Viktor I. Danilov-Danilyan — economist-ecologist; modeling of systems with a developing structure.
• Oleg I. Larichev — specialist in decision-making; methodology and multi-criteria choice.
• Andrey P. Ogurtsov — philosopher; the systemic nature of scientific knowledge.
• Piama P. Gaidenko — philosopher; history of systems ideas.