1991 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Systems Knowledge
Author : George J. Klir
Published in: Facets of Systems Science
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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In every traditional discipline of science, we develop systems models of various phenomena of the real world. Each of these models, when properly validated, represents some specific knowledge regarding the relevant domain of inquiry. In systems science, the domain of inquiry consists of knowledge structures themselves—the various categories of systems that emerge from the conceptual framework employed. That is, the objects of investigation in systems science are not objects of reality, but systems of certain specific types.