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The systems engineer needs guidance in the systems design process. That guidance has not been forthcoming from general systems theory models, but it is our contention that it could be, and that the effort upon the part of the general systems theory community would be beneficial to both that community and to society as a whole.
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Jones, A.W. (1978). On the Limitations of General Systems Theory in Systems Engineering. In: Klir, G.J. (eds) Applied General Systems Research. NATO Conference Series, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_73
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