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Everything about Systems science
Study of the nature of systems
Systems science, also referred to as systems research or simply systems, is a transdisciplinary field that is concerned with understanding simple and complex systems in nature and society, which leads to the advancements of formal, natural, social, and applied attributions throughout engineering, technology, and science itself. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Systems scienceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Complex systems and network science: a surveyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Brave New WorldThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design Science in Information Systems Research1Cited 9,457 times
- Go sideways: CyberneticsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of systems scientistsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science, aiming at developing interdisciplinary foundations that are applicable in a variety of areas including engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design Science in Information Systems Research1
Systems Science
Developmental Systems Science: Exploring the Application of Systems Science Methods to Developmental Science Questions
Models, Systems and Science
Systems Principles, Systems Science, and the Future of Systems Engineering
Systems, science, and schools
Delivery systems: The science
Green chemistry as systems science
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley · 1932
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick · 1968
NeuromancerWilliam Gibson · 1984
Fundamentals of Anatomy & PhysiologyFrederic Martini, Kathleen Welch · 1989
Cybernetics, or control and communication in the animal and the machineNorbert Wiener, Doug Hill · 1948
ChaosJames Gleick · 1987
Artificial Intelligence Applications and InnovationsLazaros S. Iliadis, Ilias Maglogiannis · 2006
Systems Analysis and DesignAlan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom · 2000
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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