1: Introduction.- 1.1. Systems Science.- 1.2. Systems Problem Solving.- 1.3. Hierarchy of Epistemological Levels of Systems.- 1.4. The Role of Mathematics.- 1.5. The Role of Computer Technology.- 1.6. Architecture of Systems Problem Solving.- Notes.- 2: Source and Data Systems.- 2.1. Objects and Object Systems.- 2.2. Variables and Supports.- 2.3. Methodological Distinctions.- 2.4. Discrete Versus Continuous.- 2.5. Image Systems and Source Systems.- 2.6. Data Systems.- Notes.- Exercises.- 3: Generative Systems.- 3.1. Empirical Investigation.- 3.2. Behavior Systems.- 3.3. Methodological Distinctions.- 3.4. From Data Systems to Behavior Systems.- 3.5. Measures of Uncertainty.- 3.6. Search for Admissible Behavior Systems.- 3.7. State-Transition Systems.- 3.8. Generative Systems.- 3.9. Simplification of Generative Systems.- 3.10. Systems Inquiry and Systems Design.- Notes.- Exercises.- 4: Structure Systems.- 4.1. Wholes and Parts.- 4.2. Systems, Subsystems, Supersystems.- 4.3. Structure Source Systems and Structure Data Systems.- 4.4. Structure Behavior Systems.- 4.5. Problems of Systems Design.- 4.6. Identification Problem.- 4.7. Reconstruction Problem.- 4.8. Reconstructability Analysis.- 4.9. Simulation Experiments.- 4.10. Inductive Reasoning.- 4.11. Inconsistent Structure Systems.- Notes.- Exercises.- 5: Metasystems.- 5.1. Change versus Invariance.- 5.2. Primary and Secondary Systems Traits.- 5.3. Metasystems.- 5.4. Metasystems versus Structure Systems.- 5.5. Multilevel Metasystems.- 5.6. Identification of Change.- Notes.- Exercises.- 6: Complexity.- 6.1. Complexity in Systems Problem Solving.- 6.2. Three Ranges of Complexity.- 6.3. Measures of Systems Complexity.- 6.4. Bremermann's Limit.- 6.5. Computational Complexity.- 6.6. Complexity Within GSPS.- Notes.- Exercises.- 7: Goal-Oriented Systems.- 7.1. Primitive, Basic, and Supplementary Concepts.- 7.2. Goal and Performance.- 7.3. Goal-Oriented Systems.- 7.4. Structure Systems as Paradigms of Goal-Oriented Behavior Systems.- 7.5. Design of Goal-Oriented Systems.- 7.6. Adaptive Systems.- 7.7. Autopoietic Systems.- Notes.- Exercises.- 8: Systems Similarity.- 8.1. Similarity.- 8.2. Similarity and Models of Systems.- 8.3. Models of Source Systems.- 8.4. Models of Data Systems.- 8.5. Models of Generative Systems.- 8.6. Models of Structure Systems.- 8.7. Models of Metasystems.- Notes.- Exercises.- 9: GSPS: Architecture, USE, Evolution.- 9.1. Epistemological Hierarchy of Systems: Formal Definition.- 9.2. Methodological Distinctions: A Summary.- 9.3. Problem Requirements.- 9.4. Systems Problems.- 9.5. GSPS Conceptual Framework: Formal Definition.- 9.6. Overview of GSPS Architecture.- 9.7. GSPS Use: Some Case Studies.- 9.8. GSPS Evolution.- Notes.- Exercises.- Appendices.- A: List of Symbols.- B: Glossary of Relevant Mathematical Terms.- C: Some Relevant Theorems.- D: Refinement Lattices.- E: Classes of Structures Relevant to Reconstructability Analysis.- References.- Author Index.

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