Systems analysis is the science dealing with analysis of complex, large scale systems and the interactions within those systems. This field is closely related to operations research.

The systems discussed within systems analysis can be within any field such as: industrial processes, management, decision making processes, environmental protection processes, etc. The brothers Howard T. Odum and Eugene Odum began applying a systems view to biological ecology in 1953, building on the work of Raymond Lindeman (1942) and Arthur Tansley (1935).

Systems analysis researchers apply mathematical methodology to the analysis of the systems involved trying to form a detailed overall picture.

Modeling

Systems theory is the basis for modeling complex systems, which are broken down into three basic concepts: units, processes, and structures. Once these three components can be identified, a mathematical or game-theory derived model can be produced. This model is then run through a Simulation.

See also

• Robert S. McNamara
• Buckminster Fuller
• Gregory Bateson
• Stewart Brand
• Liaison job

External links

• Analysis and Synthesis - On Scientific Method based on a Study by Bernhard Riemann From the Swedish Morphological Society
• General Morphological Analysis: A General Method for Non-Quantified Modelling
• Introduction to Social Macrodynamics

References

• Mastering Simulation: Online Course
• Business Analyst Resources

Futurology | Systems theory | Systems | Management | Analysts

Systemanalyse | ניתוח מערכות | Análise de sistemas | Системный анализ | Análisis de sistemas