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A review of Warfield’s Understanding Complexity: Thought and Behavior written by Ioannes B. Kapelouzos, who served as a Judge in the Greek Supreme Court.

 

A list of 23 books and articles written between 1989 and 2007. Each title is followed by brief annotations. Warfield developed the list in an effort to interest different universities in the establishment of a systems science curriculum.



Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Interactive Management Short Course

Contains syllabus, student roster, correspondence and some of the handouts used during Warfield’s Short Course on Interactive Management at GMU. The full title was “Workshop on Interactive Management, Systems Thinking and Complexity” held 15-18 February 1999 at the Johnson Center, GMU.

 

A preliminary version of set of tables created in an attempt to provide an overview of all the work he has been doing. Includes four tables along with a table of contents that has summary statements for each of the four tables. Warfield used a slightly later version of his paper during a conference in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 1997. See “Condensed Patterns Relevant to the Science of Complexity (Structure-Based School), Generic Design Science, and Interactive Management.”

For more information please use http://www.gmu.edu/depts/t-iasis/course/cpattern/cpattern.htm.

Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Systems Engineering Seen From Afar

A small thought piece Warfield sent to Richard Evans. It discusses Godel’s theorem and explores systems engineering. Evans responded suggesting that Warfield use this material for an upcoming NASA short course at Wallops Island, 5 February 1997.



Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Notes on Learning to Write

Unfinished paper that proposes a new study area on use of computer modeling to structure technical articles. Accompanied by a letter from Warfield to Don Kash and Kingsley Haynes.



Description of history and goals of Warfield’s research, followed by addresses and sources for persons wanting more information. Second of two bulletins issued by the Institute of Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences. See also, “IASIS Information Bulletin #01: Goals and Products.”



Describes the types of activities pursued by the Institute of Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences and consists of 5 sections: Goals, Products, Current Student Projects, Organizational Projects, Contact Information. This is the first of two bulletins. See also, “IASIS Information Bulletin #02: Information Directory.”

A table that provides an answer to the question “How do you know if it’s complex?”

The theme of this paper is “Second Order Thought.” It is a lecture on the history of thought with connections to the current state of Systems Science. Describes the contributions of 23 persons to the development of systems thinking. George Washington University Lecture, American Society for Cybernetics, Washington, D.C, 29 October 2005.