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Proste Modele Systemowe Oparte Na Skomplikowanych Zalozeniach: Klucz do Spojnosci w Zlozonym Uniwersum
Published in Polish, this paper deals with the use of a Generic Design Science to organize knowledge prior to its use in construction of working models. The Domain of Science diagram is used as a key to organization of knowledge. Topics in this paper include "referential transparency" "deep and shallow logic" "developing a science of design" and "detractors to effective system design", which was a table showing effects of variety, parsimony, saliency and a Demosophia…
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Publications on Complexity, 1994
This document organizes publications relevant to work by John N. Warfield that relate to complexity into five Parts. In the first Part, papers and monographs by Warfield are cited in categories. Some of the entries fall into more than one category. The categories adopted for this presentation are (in alphabetical order): Applications, Education, Graphical Representations, Interactive Human Processes, Mathematics of Modeling, Organizations and Human Behavior (these two topics being grouped in order to discuss the…
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Publications Related to Computers
A list of Warfield authored or co-authored works up to 1996, with subsections for Books, Bibliographies, Papers and Monographs. Include complete citation for each title.
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Quality Control for Interactive Management Applications
A talk outline of a presentation for Faculty members at Defense Systems Management College, Bldg., 205, Room 104, Fort Belvoir, VA on 16 August 1996. Includes summary of the ideas to be presented, followed by a complete list of transparencies and handouts. See also, part 2 titled "Quality Control for Interactive Management Processes.”
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Rationale [Or How We Got the Reserved Parking Spot]
This is just a break from the drudgery, a little proposal to the university higher-ups, written in the style that only an engineer would use, of our efforts to get decent parking place to preserve Warfield's painful foot problem
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Reading Maps of Relations
A primer-introduction to understanding graphical models, addressed to students. It is one of a group of draft lesson plans, for use in teacher training
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A Reading of Bochenski's A History of Formal Logic
Commentary on Bochenski’s work, which Warfield admired greatly.
Formal report requested by TIPP Director Dr. Kingsley Haynes to be passed on to the GMU Provost who was considering merging some of the University departments and centers. This write-up of Institute for Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences (IASIS) activities includes information on financial backing for IASIS, a history of major projects and details of recent research and scholarly activity.
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References on Chaos Theory & Complexity Theory
A reference list from Charles François München, ed., International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics (Munich, Germany: K. G. Saur, 1997).
Categories are: System Failure, Japanese German publications, Organizational Cultures, Design Processes and Prescriptions.
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Reflections on Churchman, The Philosopher
Written as a reply to an inquiry from a potential biographer of Churchman. Warfield expresses admiration of Churchman’s notable contributions but notes his limits as a philosopher, especially in the field of Peircean logic.
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