DocumentCode :
3008811
Title :
The systems approach to the human system
Author :
Hereford, T.G.
Author_Institution :
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
fYear :
1975
fDate :
10-12 Dec. 1975
Firstpage :
127
Lastpage :
135
Abstract :
Admitting that there are problems with applying systems engineering to human systems, how can we sharply bound these problems so that they can be studied? The approach here taken is to study the relationship of mathematical languages to other language forms in a philosophical argument. The argument concludes that mathematical systems do not refer to human values, that the ordinary language of citizens and clients can do so only under special circumstances, and that coherent literary language employed in dramatic scenarios is the means of providing the tie between abstract systems and the human values of social life. Thus all three sorts of language must be employed in systems analysis applied to human systems.
Keywords :
Failure analysis; Humans; Logic; Process planning; Systems engineering and theory;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control including the 14th Symposium on Adaptive Processes, 1975 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX, USA
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1975.270662
Filename :
4045389
Link To Document :
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