Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from May 2006

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from May 2006

James Crier Miller's living systems theory (LST).(Editorial)(Editorial)
May 1, 2006... James Crier Miller might be the father of the American clinical psychology movement, is certainly a progenitor of the Internet, and was a compassionate, practicing physician throughout his life. Along the way, he advised the upper echelons of...

The Miller team legacy--role models for cosmopolitan scholars and innovative futurists.(Tribute)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION There are those who join our earthly pilgrimage and shine like stars in the firmament. They impact our lives and expand our thinking. Such a stellar couple were Dr and Mrs James Grier Miller who have moved beyond us (SRBS...

Recollections: an appreciation of the Millers in a personal memoir.(Tribute)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION My personal life path crossed that of Jim and Jessie Miller several times because of our mutual dedication to the goal of helping systems theory become systems science (see article, this issue). How could our paths not have...

My debt to James G. Miller.(Tribute)
May 1, 2006... I got news of--and became acquainted with--the Systems movement as an indirect result of having read a science fiction novel by A. von Vogt. The novel was titled The Voyage of Space Beagle (a fine case of serendipity!). The year was 1956. That...

Living Systems Theory and Social Entropy Theory.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Although Living Systems Theory (LST) has been widely recognized for its contributions to scholarship in general, and to systems theory in particular, the full extent of its contribution has never been explicitly presented....

Towards a science of systems.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION For many years Jim Miller encouraged me to publish our preliminary Institute research that attempted to use empirical data from the natural sciences to determine the non-anthropomorphic 'hierarchical levels' of commonly...

Bios, a process approach to living system theory. In honour of James and Jessie Miller.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Here we present empirical and mathematical studies that identify bios as a generic pattern of creative processes, and explore its generation though computer experiments. Bios embodies the notion of a biological archetype...

Theories of viability: a comparison.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION In the face of increasing complexity and turbulence in the environments of organizations and other social systems, the concept of viability as a superordinate orientator has gained in importance, although the term is mostly...

The system symbols, from deep-insights to universal applications.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION This presentation is a survey of research conducted during more than forty years, covering the formalization of system characteristics and a development represented by generic symbols. The work effort includes concept...

Functional modelling in engineering design: a perspectival approach featuring living systems theory.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... FRAME OF REFERENCE Designing complex artefacts and processes is a challenging intellectual task, owing to the involvement of many designers who each holds different perspectives of the subject system. Here, perspective is defined as a...

Technical and social innovation determinants of behaviour.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION This article first summarizes a stream of research into the development of a quantitative living systems science. These latest results are related to the behavioural determinants of humans who have assimilated technical and...

The motivation complex: a tribute to James G. and Jessie L. Miller.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION This paper is the culmination of work that began in 1981 when I found James G. Miller's (1978) book, Living Systems, on a shelf in the Ohio University library. What I was seeking was a theoretical framework that would unite...

Integrating living system process analysis and concrete process analysis with balanced scorecard.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Two practical applications of Living Systems Theory at the organization level emerged and evolved through a series of research studies soon after the publication of Living Systems in 1978. First, Living Systems Process...

A living systems analysis of student design projects at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION The need for the continuous improvement of the pedagogy of higher education courses of study is widely recognized. Student feedback is routinely obtained through questionnaires often termed student evaluations. Such...

The life and work of James Grier Miller ([dagger]).(Research Article)(Biography)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION James Grier Miller was born in July of 1916, in Lakewood, Ohio, where he attended high school and met his future wife, Jessie Louise. Following his father's footsteps, he began his university career at Columbia Bible College...

The Earth: beyond the levels of life.(Research Article)
May 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION James Grier and Jesse Miller (Miller and Miller, 1982) identify Earth in the context of living systems theory (LST). The earth is a non-living system that exhibits some but not all of the critical subsystems of living systems....

International Society for the Systems Sciences 50th Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, California, July 9-14, 2006.(News)
May 1, 2006... The 50th anniversary conference of the International Society for the System Sciences (ISSS) offers a landmark opportunity to celebrate and reinvigorate a half-century of interdisciplinary collaboration and synthesis. The ISSS is unique among...

The 3rd Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 16-19, 2006.(News)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Dear Potential Participants: On behalf of the RMCI 2006 Organizing Committee, I would like to invite you to participate in The 3rd Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics, which will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, from...