Organisation
The overall purpose of the Federation is to advance cybernetic and systems research and systems applications and to serve the international systems community. For this purpose the federation wants to coordinate systems research among member organizations. They are focused on the organization and sponsorship of research and development, international meetings and workshops in the field. More specific the federation wants to develop and promote international programs and publications in the area of systems research and applications.
Other tasks include the development and promotion of:
- Resource materials development in systems education;
- Standards of competence in systems research and systems education;
- A knowledge base in the cybernetic and systems sciences;
For its member organizations the federation wants coordinating programs and provides assistance to them.
The IFSR was founded on 12 March 1980 by the American Society for General Systems Research (now ISSS) the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, and the Dutch Systems Group with George Klir as first president of the IFSR.
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