Decision and Control: The Meaning of Operational Research and Management CyberneticsISBN: 978-0-471-94838-4
Paperback
556 pages
April 1995
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THE NATURE OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.
An Initial Posture.
On Fixing Belief.
Some Dangerous Precedents.
The Wedged Bear.
The New Look.
THE ACTIVITY OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.
About Models.
Models in Aspic.
The Formal Languages.
A Walk in the Ramified System.
Apollo's Gift.
THE RELEVANCE OF CYBERNETICS.
About Systems.
Coping with Complexity.
Controlling Operations.
Self-Organizing Systems.
Controlling Enterprises.
OUTCOMES.
The Outcome for Industry.
Information and Automation.
The Outcome for Government.
The Outcome for Management Science.
On Practicability.
Index.
An Initial Posture.
On Fixing Belief.
Some Dangerous Precedents.
The Wedged Bear.
The New Look.
THE ACTIVITY OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.
About Models.
Models in Aspic.
The Formal Languages.
A Walk in the Ramified System.
Apollo's Gift.
THE RELEVANCE OF CYBERNETICS.
About Systems.
Coping with Complexity.
Controlling Operations.
Self-Organizing Systems.
Controlling Enterprises.
OUTCOMES.
The Outcome for Industry.
Information and Automation.
The Outcome for Government.
The Outcome for Management Science.
On Practicability.
Index.