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Systems science, also referred to as systems research, [1] or, simply, systems, [2] is a transdisciplinary [3] 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.
Systems science can be defined as the scientific exploration and theory of systems in the various sciences, such as biology, sociology, economics, etc., while general system theory concerns the principles that apply to all.
Systems Science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the complexity of systems in nature, social or any other scientific field. Some of the systems science methodologies include systems dynamics modeling, agent-based modeling, microsimulation, and Big Data techniques.
Systems science brings together research into all aspects of systems with the goal of identifying, exploring, and understanding patterns of complexity and emergence which cross disciplinary fields and areas of application.
This handbook describes current theories of systems sciences and supports their use and practice. It takes a multifaceted view of systems sciences, using examples across a relatively large number of domains, from natural and engineering science to social science and systems management perspectives.
Abstract. An inevitable prerequisite for this book, as implied by its title, is a presupposition that systems science is a legitimate field of scientific inquiry. It is self-evident that I, as the author of this book, consider this presupposition valid.
Systems science is at the base of problem solving. Within a single discipline this is true. One becomes a much more holistic thinker with the principles of systems science at their disposal. They can see the patterns and expose the problems more readily.
This paper is divided into three parts and aims to do the following: (1) to provide a broad overview of the structure and purpose of sys-tems science; (2) to present a set of key systems principles and relate them to theoretical streams; and (3) to describe aspects of systems-oriented methodologies within a general process cycle.
It is a science that explores the nature of being a system, of classifying kinds of systems, and developing the methodologies for applying principles of systems science to the other sciences and engineering as they become more systemic.
What is Systems Sciences and how new is it? The foundations of systems science include concepts such as wholeness, relationships, and cycles of change. Those can be found in many of the earliest cosmologies of our ancestors. More developed ideas about processes and context came from the philosophers of Ancient Greece.