John Nelson Warfield

John Nelson Warfield (1925 — 17 de novembro de 2009) foi um engenheiro estadunidense.

Foi professor e diretor do Institute for Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences (IASIS)^[1] da Universidade George Mason.

Publicações

Warfield publicou mais de 10 livros e 100 artigos.^[2] His books:

• 1958. Synthesis of Linear Communications Networks. with G. E. Knausenberger, New York: McGraw-Hill.
• 1959. Introduction to Electronic Analog Computers. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
• 1963. Principles of Logic Design. Boston: Ginn and Company.
• 1976. Societal Systems: Planning, Policy, and Complexity. New York: Wiley Interscience.
• 1987. "Dimensionality" with Alexander Christakis Systems Research 4, pp. 127–137
• 1990. A Science of Generic Design: Managing Complexity through Systems Design. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press 1994.
• 1994. A Handbook of Interactive Management. With Roxana Cárdenas, Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press 1994.
• 2002. Understanding Complexity: Thought and Behavior. AJAR Publishing Company, Palm Harbor, FL.
• 2003. The Mathematics of Structure. AJAR Publishing Company, Palm Harbor, FL.
• 2006. An Introduction to Systems Sciences. World Scientific, Singapore

Articles, papers and monographs, a selection:

• 1956. Systems Engineering. United States Department of Commerce PB111801.
• 1957. "How to Improve Systems Engineering". Aeronautical Engineering Review, 16(7), July, 1957, 50-51.
• 1969. "What is System Planning?". With R.W. House, in: Automatica Vol. 5, 1969, pp. 151–157.
• 1972. A Unified Systems Engineering Concept. With J. D. Hill, et al., Columbus: Battelle Memorial Institute, Monograph No. 1, June, 1972.
• 1974. Structuring Complex Systems. Columbus: Battelle Memorial Institute Monograph No. 4, April, 1974
• 2003. "A Proposal for Systems Science". In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 20 (2003), pp. 507–520.
• 2003. "Autobiographical Retrospectives: Discovering Systems Science". In: International Journal of General Systems, December 2003 Vol 32 (6), pp. 525–563.

Referências

Ligações externas

• J.N. Warfield: short resume
• John N. Warfield: background
• International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
• Panetics Society [1] Interview with Peirce, Foucault and Hayek about Ralph Siu [2] Can Panetics Become a Science? Second Interview with Foucault, Hayek, and Peirce, Interviews by John N. Warfield
• [3] Conflicting Values and Perceptions and Panetics by John N. Warfield
• John N. Warfield Digital Archive
• Obituary from TimesDaily
• [4] The Passing of Dr. John N. Warfield, 84
• [5] Warfield in the Quergeist collection