A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2007.03.023MaRDI QIDQ2463517zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 12 December 2007

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.03.023

zbMATH Keywords

(P) OR in societal problem analysis(P) organization theory(S) complexity theorycyberneticsenvironmental managementsecond order cyberneticssustainabilitysystems thinkingviable system model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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