Systems Research in Health Care, Biocybernetics and Ecology. Proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics

Content: 
Pergamon Titles of Related Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
APPLIED SYSTEMS AND CYBERNETICS, Page v
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON APPLIED SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND CYBERNETICS, Pages vi-vii
PREFACE, Pages xvii-xxiv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Pages xxv-xxvii, George-Eric Lasker
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AUTHORS, Pages xxviii-xxix
INDEX OF MAJOR SUBJECT AREAS, Page xxx
THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH, Pages 1649-1654, G. Schaefer
COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT: AN ORGANISMIC DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO “DOCTOR-PATIENT” INTERACTION, Pages 1655-1660, Robert L. Russell, Roy D. Pea
PLANNING WITH PATIENTS: A FEEDBACK LOOP ENGENDERING HEALTH, Pages 1661-1665, Mark N. Ozer
FROM MEDICAL PRACTICE TO SELF-SERVICES FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE: THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMS THINKING, Pages 1666-1672, Manfred Kochen
RX: A SYSTEMATIC MEDICAL ETHICS–STAT!, Pages 1673-1677, Paul W. Sharkey
EMERGING SYSTEMS OF HEALTH CARE, Pages 1678-1680, Jan Kryspin
MANAGING THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY: A CONTINGENCY MODEL, Pages 1681-1685, T. Edwin Boling
A SOCIAL SYSTEMS MODEL FOR THE UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS WITHIN THE HEALTH FIELD, Pages 1686-1692, Karen S. Haynes
SITIS: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH THE TUBERCULOSIS CASE, Pages 1693-1699, G. Mancillas, D. Fernández, R. Castillo, D. Hutchinson
A MAINTENANCE POLICY MODEL FOR ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKERS, Pages 1700-1704, Norman P. Archer, George W. Torrance
A SYSTEMS MODEL OF NURSING CARE AND ITS EFFECT ON QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE, Pages 1705-1714, C. Roy
UPDATE OF GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY: A FRAMEWORK FOR NURSING, Pages 1715-1718, June C. Abbey, R.N. FAAN
SCIENCE OF UNITARY MAN: A PARADIGM FOR NURSING, Pages 1719-1722, Martha E. Rogers
THE JOHNSON BEHAVIORAL SYSTEM MODEL FOR NURSING AND THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE, Pages 1723-1728, Bonnie Holaday
NURSING: A TRIAD OF ACTION SYSTEMS, Pages 1729-1733, Dorothea Orem
THE HOSPICE OF WINDSOR: A MODEL OF PALLIATIVE CARE, Pages 1734-1738, Jean Echlin
THE MEANING OF HEALTH, Pages 1739-1743, M.A. Newman
THE NEED FOR ANALYSIS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH CARE PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT, Pages 1744-1749, Warren H. Dennis, H. Ian Robins
MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY INDEX FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH, Pages 1750-1754, George W. Torrance, Michael H. Boyle
AN INPUT-OUTPUT APPROACH TO HOSPITAL COST ALLOCATION IN NEW YORK STATE, Pages 1755-1760, M. Chatterji, Charles Dirksen
SAFETY AND EFFICACY REGULATIONS: THEIR IMPACT ON THE TESTING OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS, Pages 1761-1765, Susana R.K. de Dennis
APPROXIMATE REASONING IN MEDICAL GENETICS, Pages 1766-1771, J. GOUVERNET, S. AYME, E. SANCHEZ
APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING OF PATIENTS, Pages 1772-1775, M. Moeschberger, M. Farhanghi, C. Gehrke, K. Kuo
A SYSTEM DESIGN OF CLINICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING TO INCREASE REFINED DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS IN SURGICAL PEDIATRIC WORK, Pages 1776-1780, B. Falcidieno, C. Gambaro, G. Romagnoli
AN ALGORITHM FOR THE NON-LINEAR LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS OF THE SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN WASHOUT CURVE, Pages 1781-1788, K. O'Mara, K.V. Leung, T. Fancott, S. Klasa
A HIGH SPEED COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF AMBULATORY ECG TAPES, Pages 1789-1794, T. Fancott, D. Wong, S. Klasa
IMPROVING THERAPEUTIC MEASUREMENTS BY A SYSTEM OF FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS, Pages 1795-1799, L. Horbach
CYBERNETIC FOUNDATIONS OF PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCIENCE, Pages 1800-1804, Karl U. Smith, Thomas J. Smith
STRATEGIES FOR CORPORATE STRESS MANAGEMENT, Pages 1805-1812, Victor Selman, C.I. Bartfeld, Jerry Selman
INVESTIGATORY PRIORITIES FOR INCREASING HUMAN CAPABILITY OF DEALING POSITIVELY WITH COMMON STRESSORS OF DAILY LIVING, Pages 1813-1817, R.C. Bradley
PHYSICAL STATUS AND PERCEIVED HEALTH QUALITY, Pages 1818-1823, Tom Atkinson, Bernard Blishen, Michael Murray
RECENT ADVANCES IN MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SPATIAL TUMOR GROWTH, Pages 1824-1828, W. Düchting, G. Dehl
COMPUTER ASSISTED HUMAN AND PLANT CHROMOSOME KARYOTYPING, Pages 1829-1843, T. Kasvand, C.M. Merritt
SEPARATE OR COMBINED AGONISTIC-ANTAGONISTIC MODELS. A NEW APPROACH TO THE OPTIMAL CONTROL. MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS, Pages 1844-1849, E. Bernard-Weil, Y. Cherruault
A PROBABILISTIC MODEL FOR NEURAL PATH DELAY PREDICTION, Pages 1850-1855, Carol A. Niznik
LOW LEVEL NEURAL NETWORKS EMULATOR, Pages 1856-1858, Monroy B. Jorge
TOWARDS A THEORY OF VISUAL PROCESSING IN VERTEBRATE RETINA., Pages 1859-1864, R. Moreno-Díaz, F. Rubio Royo
CAMERA-COMPUTER SIMULATION OF RETINAL PROCESSES, Pages 1865-1869, E. Rubio, O. Santana, R. Moreno-Díaz
COMPUTARIZED RECONSTRUCTION OF CONTOURS FROM RESULTS OBTAINED FROM A MODEL OF THE LATERAL INHIBITION IN THE RETINA, Pages 1870-1872, Cabello S. Rafael, Austrich S. Jordi
QUANTITATIVE VERIFICATION OF A MODEL OF FORCE GENERATION IN VERTEBRATE SKELETAL MUSCLES, Pages 1873-1877, K.P. Kothiyal, M. Ibramsha
A PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE-DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER FOR MEASURING BRAIN MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN-VIVO, Pages 1878-1882, R. Fitzer, R. Griffith, A. Schettini
ENZYME SYSTEM CYBERNETICS, Pages 1883-1888, Jonathan V. Post
MODELS FOR THE CONTROL OF A FERMENTATION PROCESS, Pages 1889-1894, A. CHERUY
IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF A CONTINUOUS CULTURE SCP FERMENTATION PROCESS, Pages 1895-1899, J. Alvarez, J.M. Rica∫o
APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR CONTROL THEORY TO A FERMENTATION PROCESS, Pages 1900-1905, Jaime Alvarez Gallegos, Joaquín Alvarez Gallegos
A NEW APPROACH TO A PROBLEM OF PLANT GROWTH, Pages 1906-1910, Roger V. Jean
ECOLOGICAL REALITY AND MODEL VALIDATION, Pages 1911-1918, W.G. Cale Jr., H.H. Shugart
REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT MODELS: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING, Pages 1919-1926, Donald A. Jameson, Roberto Armijo, James F. Sisler
MODELING ECOSYSTEMS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC AND SUDDEN DISTURBANCES, Pages 1927-1931, F. Miguel, L. Acevedo
EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC ECOSYSTEM MODELING STUDY, Pages 1932-1946, George Innis, James Haefner, Gary Worthen, Charles Fowler
UNIFIED REPRESENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 1947-1951, G.H. Smerage
INTERACTIVE GLOBAL MODELLING USING THE PISCES PROGRAM, Pages 1952-1956, M.J. Bush
MODEL OF A BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Pages 1957-1962, A. Cheruy, E. Gleason-Garcia
APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMS THEORY TO ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, Pages 1963-1967, S. Gentil
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, AND THE GEOMETRY OF SYSTEMS, Pages 1968-1972, William C. Hoffman
HUXLEY'S ALLOMETRIC SPACE FOR AN IDEAL CORAL REEF OR FOREST, Pages 1973-1978, P.L. Antonelli
ON THE ROLE OF OPTIMIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS - A CASE STUDY, Pages 1979-1988, R.V. Varadarajan
COMPARISON OF FLOW ANALYSIS IN ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN SOCIETIES, Pages 1989-1996, J.T. Finn
A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL PEST PROBLEMS, Pages 1997-2001, R. Lal Tummala, Dean L. Haynes
THE ROLE OF MICROCOMPUTERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Pages 2002-2007, Richard A. Park, James R. Albanese
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VALENCE AND IMPORTANCE RATINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN SAMPLES, Pages 2008-2012, C.W. Snyder Jr., V.J. Murdoch, H.G. Law, P.V. Payne
UNCERTAINTY AND DECISION-MAKING IN ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, Pages 2013-2017, C.F. Cooper, T.H. Moss
TOWARD A RATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHORE FISHERIES, Pages 2018-2023, Ernesto A. Chávez
A MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE DECISION PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED ENERGY DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, Pages 2024-2031, Richard L Johnson
CHOOSING AN ADAPTIVE YIELD POLICY, Pages 2032-2036, J.E. Powers, E. Tse
NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL REASSESSMENT, Pages 2037-2041, Gary T. Whiteford
THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS IN RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS, Pages 2042-2053, Alan Eschenroeder
EFFECTS OF COMPETITION AND PREDATION ON DIVERSITY OF COMMUNITIES, Pages 2054-2058, Thomas G. Hallam
VISUAL SYSTEMS VIEW OF LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST, Pages 2059-2063, G.V. Trieschmann