Describes suggested improvement for one of Warfield’s ISM algorithms and reports on a study of the Japanese paper, during which the GMU computer CDC CYBER 830 was used to run comparison tests. The tests confirm that the Japanese algorithm is more efficient than the old one published in Societal Systems, at least under the conditions studied. See also, Azuma Ohuchi, M. Kurihara and I. Kaji, “Efficient Procedure for Transitive Coupling in ISM," IEEE:SMC 15:3 (426-431).

Deals with the evaluation of a Regional Environmental Learning System (RELS). Provides a background in evaluation skills and approaches to help identify needs for evaluation, show how to design evaluation studies, and assess the data needed for evaluations, particularly the evaluations of environmental educational programs. Discusses e contexts of local evaluation are discussed: (1) Evaluation by a board of directors, (2) evaluation of impact of inservice, (3) evaluation of bias, (4) evaluation of student achievement, and (5) ethnographic evaluation of a community-based program. Case studies of programs resembling the RELS model are presented and the organization of an evaluation study is described. FULL TITLE: Evaluating a Regional Environmental Learning System. Volume V of A Sourcebook for the Design of a Regional Environmental Learning System. [Project title: Development of an Structural Model and Strategies for Implementation Based on a Descriptive and Prescriptive Analysis of Resources for Environmental Education/Studies. Contract #300-700-4028]. See also, Volume 1 . . .

A table that lists essays sent to W.L. Livingston. Contains three columns with the captions Number, Title, Date Sent, Issue of Publication. Six titles are listed.

A manuscript collection of 21 papers in three volumes divided by year. See “Essays on Complexity: A Prospectus,” “Essays on Complexity 1988-1994,” “Essays on Complexity 1995-1996” and “Essays on Complexity 1997 (Mid-Year Edition).” See notes field for a list of the paper included.

A manual containing six papers about complexity that Warfield wrote in 1997. All of them had been previously printed and distributed as separate papers. The paper titles are: “A Platform for Sociotechnical System Design,” “A Role for Formalisms in Integrative Studies,” “Twenty Laws of Complexity: Studies in the Abuse of Reason,” “The Problematique: Evolution of an Idea, “Readings for Bureaucrats,” “Seven Ways to Portray Complexity (Abstract Only),” and “A New Index to Complexity: The Aristotle Index.” See also, “Essays on Complexity: A Prospectus,” “Essays on Complexity 1988-1994” and “Essays on Complexity 1995-1996.”

Addressed to potential publishers. This paper serves as a useful bibliography of papers Warfield considered the most important for this time period. Includes abstracts of the papers found in Part 2 and Part 3 of the 529 page compendium titled “Essays on Complexity.” For a list of the titles, see notes field.

A manual containing six papers about complexity that Warfield wrote between 1995 and 1996. All of them had been previously printed and distributed as separate papers. The paper titles are: “Spreadthink Explaining Ineffective Groups,” “Demands of Complexity on Systems Science,” “Structural Thinking: Organizing Complexity . . .” (Warfield & Staley), “Five Schools of Thought About Complexity,” “The Corporate Observatorium,” “The Wandwaver Solution” (includes appendices), and “Mentomology.” See also, “Essays on Complexity: A Prospectus,” “Essays on Complexity 1988-1994” and “Essays on Complexity 1997 (Mid-Year Edition).”

A manual containing seven papers about complexity Warfield wrote before 1995. All of them had been previously printed and distributed as separate papers. The paper titles are: “Technomyopia Threatens Our National Security,” “Some Magnificent Academic Trusels and Their Social Conditions,” ”The Learning Organizations: Its Relevance to Policymaking,” “Widely Ignored Subtleties that are Critical to Decision-Making,” “Procrustes is Alive and Well and Teaching Composition in the English Department,” “Accelerating Productivity of Industrial Organizations,” and “Groupthink, Clanthink, Spreadthink, and Linkthink: Decision-Making on Complex Issues.” See also, “Essays on Complexity: A Prospectus,” “Essays on Complexity 1995-1996” and “Essays on Complexity 1997 (Mid-Year Edition).”

Manuscript accompanied by two other documents written by Andy Sage. The first is a letter that criticizes “An Essay on Methodology.” The second is a copy of one of Sage’s articles titled “A Case for Standard Systems Methodology.”

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