Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems and of Country Development

A Symposium at the
European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
Vienna, Austria, April 14-17, 1998

Presentations:

Systems Thinking or Systems Dreaming? Predictive, Normative and Prescriptive Approaches in Applications of Systems Thinking in the Social Sciences
C. Mesjasz

Liberalism, Libertarianism, Free Choice
P. Ballonoff

General Considerations on Fundamental Differences Between the Anglo-American and the Central European Socio-Economic Systems
K. Korner

From Verbal Data to Complex Problem Solving by GABEK
J. Zelger

Identifying the Russian Cultural Constitution
V. Gouchtchina, S. Umpleby

Problems of Support of the Socio-Economic Environment of Organizations for their Sustainable Development
V. Degtiar

Will Russia Become an Industrial or a Post-Industrial Society?
S. Umpleby, V. Gouchtchina

Transition as Self-Transformation by Innovation and Entrepreneurship
S. Kajzer, M. Mulej, M. Rebernik

Income Differentiation in Russia: Pros and Cons, A Look from Inside
N. Fedotova

Societal Self-Awareness as an Aid to Societal Development
T. Medvedeva, S. Umpleby

An Essay on Management Processes and the Implementation of the Euro
S. Ree

The Dependence of Optimal Macroeconomic Policies on ‘Ideal’ Values of Target Variables: A Case Study for Austria
R. Neck, S. Karjuz

Space-Time Simulation Models for Social Systems
Juan Carlos Mico Ruiz, Antonio Caselles Moncho

Global Neuronet Type Models of Socio-Economic Systems
A. Makarenko