Systems Research Yearbook 1985

The 1985 yearbook more closely integrates methodology with practice: socio-economic development, efficiency and intensification assessment, and scientific and technological forecasting are all examined through the lens of systems analysis. In parallel, the formalized representation of knowledge and methods for solving semi-structured problems are developed; separate sections are dedicated to environmental management, the urban system, and 'human-technology' relations. The volume concludes with a section on the methodology of science and interdisciplinary synthesis.

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Philosophical and Methodological Problems of Systems Research

• Systems Research on the Problems of Socio-Economic Development of the USSR. D.M. Gvishiani
• Sociological Interpretation of the Concept of a "Problem" in Systems Research. E.M. Korzheva, N.F. Naumova, B.V. Sazonov
• On Two Approaches to Constructing Economic Models. L.P. Malkov
• Systems Research and the Symbolic Concept of Man. V.M. Leibin

Formalized Representation of Knowledge about Systems

• Knowledge Representation. An Experience in Systems Analysis. D.A. Pospelov
• Towards the Operationalization of the Concept of Integrity in Knowledge Representation. V.M. Chelnokov
• Algebraic Systems Theory and its Applications. V.B. Gisin, M.Sh. Tsalenko
• Systems Analysis of a Scientific Theory Based on the Concept of Named Sets. M.S. Burgin, V.I. Kuznetsov

Systems Research of Ecological and Demographic Processes

• Integral Characteristics in Systems-Ecological Modeling. S.A. Pegov
• Towards a Systems Analysis of Long-Term Processes of Environmental Management. V.I. Danilov-Danilyan, A.A. Rybkin
• Mineral Resources as an Element of the "Society-Nature" System. A.A. Arbatov.
• The Systems Approach in Urban Studies: Foundations and Contours of a Theory of Urban Development. A.E. Gutnov.
• Self-Organization Processes in a Demographic System. A.G. Vishnevsky

Problems of Studying Organizational and Technical Systems

• A Systems Approach to Shaping Technology. A.I. Smirnov
• Systemic Properties of Technical Products. E.A. Parkhomovsky, V.V. Shevchenko
• Methodological Aspects of Organizational Activity in Flexible Manufacturing Systems. P.E. Belenky, L. Gittik
• Technical Education and Systems Thinking. I. Kiss, E. Szűcs

The Systems Approach in the Methodology of Science

• Scientific Cognition and Systemic Regularities. A.V. Katsura
• On the Activity Approach and its Place in the Structure of Knowledge. A.A. Olitsky
• Paradoxes and Languages of Interdisciplinary Synthesis. N.L. Muskhelishvili, V.M. Sergeev