The Dutch Systems Group, or Netherlands Society for Systems Research or , is a society in the Netherlands for

systems theory Systems theory is the Transdisciplinarity, transdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or artificial. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, de ...

, and its applications. Systems theoretical problems the society focuses on are, for example evolution, innovation, selection, variation, translation, participation and methodological innovation.

Overview

The Dutch Systems Group was initiated by

Albert Hanken Albert Frederik Gerhard Hanken (9 October 1926, Hillegersberg, – Amstelveen, 21 December 2016) was a Dutch mathematician, inventor, and Emeritus Professor of systems theory at the University of Twente, known for his contributions to the field of ...

and Gerard de Zeeuw and others in 1970. The activities of the Dutch Systems Group, according to de Zeeuw (2006), made an important contribution to the introduction of the area of systems studies in the Netherlands. Other early participant have been

Felix Geyer Rudolf Felix Geyer (October 13, 1933 – August 23, 2020) was a Dutch sociologist and cybernetician, former head of the methodology section of SISWO (Interuniversity Institute for Social Science Research) at the University of Amsterdam, known for h ...

Henk Koppelaar Hendrik (Henk) Koppelaar (born February 1953) is a Dutch computer scientist and emeritus professor at the Delft University of Technology, knows for his work in knowledge engineering.

, Ton de Leeuw and Geert Jan Olsder. In the beginning of the 1980s the Dutch Systems Group cofounded the

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together with the international American based

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and the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies. During the 1970s the Dutch Systems Group published the refereed journal Systemica, edited by

Ranulph Glanville Ranulph Glanville (13 June 1946 – 20 December 2014) was an Anglo-Irish cybernetician and design theorist. He was a founding vice-president of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (2006–2009) and president of the Ame ...

and Gerard de Zeeuw. Since the 1980s the Dutch systems group has held more than 18 conferences on systems science in Amsterdam. Together with the IFSR they organised biannual International Conferences. The last president was

Loet Leydesdorff Louis André (Loet) Leydesdorff (21 August 1948, Batavia (Dutch East Indies) - 11 March 2023, Amsterdam) was a Dutch sociologist, cyberneticist, communication scientist and Professor in the Dynamics of Scientific Communication and Technological ...

, and previous presidents were

Gerrit Broekstra Gerrit Broekstra (born 1 August 1941, Alkmaar, Netherlands), is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Bu ...

for eight years and Gerard de Zeeuw.

''Annals of Systems Research''

From 1971 until 1978 the Dutch Systems Group published the ''Annals of Systems Research''. This journal published "original papers in the field of general systems research, both of a mathematical and non-mathematical nature. Research reports on special subjects which are of importance for the general development of systems research activity as a whole are acceptable for publication".Journals Related to Cybernetics
by the

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. Retrieved 9 June 2008. The journal was edited by Bob van Rootselaar.

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