System Design Modeling and Metamodeling

by John P. Van Gigch

Book Overview

This book is a venture in the worlds of modeling and of metamodeling. At this point, I will not reveal to readers what constitutes metamodeling. Suf- fice it to say that the pitfalls and shortcomings of modeling can be cured only if we resort to a higher level of inquiry called metainquiry and metadesign. We reach this level by the process of abstraction. The book contains five chapters from my previous work, Applied General Systems Theory (Harper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489906789
• ISBN13: 9781489906786
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"