This book first published in 1997 aimed to give an overview over more than 40 years developments in the field of Systems and Cybernetics.
[2] This book offers a collection of more than 3000 keywords and articles of Systems and Cybernetics.
The book is edited by Belgian systems scientist and diplomat Charles François[3] with an Academic board including members such as John N. Warfield, Robert Trappl, Ranulph Glanville, G. A. Swanson,[4] Nicholas Paritsis,[5] Daniel Dubois,[6] Heiner Benking,[7] Francisco Parra Luna,[8] Anthony Judge,Markus Schwaninger,[9] Gerhard Chroust, G. A. Swanson, Matjaž Mulej[10] and Stuart Umpleby.
This update consisted of 1700 articles, some of them with figures, tables and diagrams, and 1500 bibliographical references.
[11] The genesis of the Encyclopedia was published by Anthony Judge in the Wall Street Journal and as Festschrift in 2001: UIA - Saur Relations: Sharing a Documentary Pilgrimage.