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The Evolutionary Approach of General Systems Theory Applied to World Wide Web

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This article presents the application of general systems theory to web-based applications, with an emphasis on the evolutionary approach. The stages of web applications are discussed, according to their complexity, usage and historical appearance. Then the evolutionary approach as a framework is applied on web applications, in the meaning of their evolvement through time. This is expected to clarify a process of transformation from simple static websites to complex social web applications. The outline of these evolutional stages is followed by a suggestion of the current stage of web applications and future possibilities.

The original version of this chapter was revised: The copyright line was incorrect. This has been corrected. The Erratum to this chapter is available at DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05939-6_37

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This work and the contribution were supported by: (1) the project No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0327 Innovation and support of doctoral study program (INDOP), financed from EU and Czech Republic funds; (2) project “Smart Solutions in Ubiquitous Computing Network Environments”, from the Grant Agency of Excellence, University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Informatics and Management, Czech Republic; (3) project “SP/2013/03 - SmartHomePoint Solutions for Ubiquitous Computing Environments” from University of Hradec Kralove.

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    Aneta Bartuskova & Ondrej Krejcar

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Bartuskova, A., Krejcar, O. (2014). The Evolutionary Approach of General Systems Theory Applied to World Wide Web. In: Vinh, P., Alagar, V., Vassev, E., Khare, A. (eds) Context-Aware Systems and Applications. ICCASA 2013. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 128. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05939-6_19

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