Systems science

Systems science is a term in use since the 1960s that refers to the field of science surrounding systems theory, cybernetics, the science of complex systems. As an interdisciplinary science, it is applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.

Systems sciences deals with self-organization, Autopoiesis, emergence, multi-agent systems, open systems, closed systems, feedback loops and related phenomena.

Notable contributors to the field include Jay Forrester, Humberto Maturana, Stuart Kauffman, Norbert Wiener and William Ross Ashby.