Systems Research Yearbook 1982

The 1982 yearbook focuses the discussion on general issues of systems research: the prerequisites for its emergence, its architectonics and effectiveness, and its relationship with the practice of global modeling. A strong emphasis is placed on modeling and managing socio-economic systems, as well as on decision-making research—at the intersection of psychology, ergonomics, and formal frameworks. The volume concludes with a section on specific scientific applications (biology, ecology, culture), where the 'crystallization' of key methodological problems becomes apparent.

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General Methodological Problems of Systems Research

• Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Systems Research and the Development of Global Development Problems. D.M. Gvishiani
• Modeling as a Method for Studying Social Systems. V.G. Afanasyev
• The Systems Approach and Systems Analysis. I.V. Blauberg, E.M. Mirsky, V.N. Sadovsky
• On Methods of Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems. B.S. Fleishman, P.M. Brusilovsky, G.S. Rozenberg
• Mathematical Systems Theory and Game Problems. V.S. Levchenkov
• Models of Development and Catastrophe Theory. I.A. Evin, A.I. Yablonsky

Methodology for Studying Socio-Economic Systems

• Theory and Practice of Developing Mechanisms for Socio-Economic Management. A.V. Kochetkov
• Methodological Problems of the Systems Study of the Organizational and Economic Mechanism of Management. V.S. Rapoport
• Modeling: A Systems-Methodological Aspect. V.I. Danilov-Danilyan, A.A. Ryvkin
• A Systems Approach to the Study of Population and Fertility. A.I. Antonov

Decision-Making and Activity Systems

• Decision-Making as a Scientific Field: Methodological Problems. O.I. Larichev
• Features of Decision-Making in Free Classification Tasks. R.M. Frumkina
• Methodological Problems of Ergonomics. V.G. Gorokhov, V.P. Zinchenko, V.M. Munipov
• From Properties to Interactions: The Formation of a Systems Orientation in Personality Psychology. A.M. Etkind
• Methodological Problems of the Systems Study of the Organization of Mental Activity. I.I. Semenov

The Systems Approach in Specific Scientific Knowledge

• The Hierarchy of Living and Bio-Inert Systems and Its Reflection in Knowledge. K.M. Khailov
• Communication in Aquatic Invertebrates as a Factor in Structuring Space and Regulating Population Size. E.A. Zelikman
• Experience in the Systems Study of an Aquatic Animal Community. E.P. Turpaeva
• Systemic-Semiotic Invariants of Culture. Sh.A. Gumerov

Authors

• Dzhermen Mikhailovich Gvishiani — philosopher and sociologist of management; academician of the USSR/Russian Academy of Sciences; co-editor of the "Systems Research" yearbook.
• Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev — philosopher; academician of the USSR/Russian Academy of Sciences; works on social philosophy, cybernetics, and management.
• Igor Viktorovich Blauberg — philosopher and methodologist of science; co-founder of the "Philosophy and Methodology of Systems Research" school.
• Eduard Mikhailovich Mirsky — philosopher of science and science studies scholar; Doctor of Philosophy; headed the "Communication Systems of Science" laboratory at the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISA RAS).
• Vadim Nikolaevich Sadovsky — philosopher; one of the key authors and editors of the yearbook; specialist in general systems theory.
• Alexander Ivanovich Antonov — sociologist; specialist in demography and the sociology of the family.
• Oleg Ivanovich Larichev — specialist in decision-making and multi-criteria methods; academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Rina Mikhailovna Frumkina — linguist and psycholinguist; author of works on object classification and language theory.
• Kirill Mikhailovich Khailov — hydrobiologist and ecologist; author of the concept of ecosystem metabolism in systems ecology.
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Munipov — psychologist and ergonomist; one of the founders of Soviet ergonomics.
• Vitaly Georgievich Gorokhov — philosopher of science and technology; Doctor of Philosophy, professor.