Abstract
Literature dealing with various issues that emanate from recognized categories of goal-oriented systems is voluminous and growing rapidly. The subject of goal-orientation does not always appear in the literature under this general and neutral term. More frequently, it is discussed under other names, which designate special types of goal-orientation. Typical examples are: regulation, control, self-organization, learning, autopoiesis, self-reproduction, self--correction, adaptation, evolution. No attempt is made in this chapter to cover this broad subject comprehensively since each of the special types of goal-orientation alone could easily occupy a whole book. Instead, the focus here is on a few key concepts and issues pertaining to goal-oriented systems.
...all systems are adaptive, and the real question is what they are adaptive to and to what extent.
—Lotfia. Zadeh
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Klir, G.J. (2001). Goal-Oriented Systems. In: Facets of Systems Science. International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1331-5_10
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