%A J. Casti
%T On the theory of models and the modelling of natural phenomena.
%X It is argued that a modelling relation in an encoding of a set of physical observables, characterising a natural system N, into an appropriate formal mathematical structure. The theorems of the formal structure are then decoded into true statements about N. Various system-theoretic concepts such as bifurcation, similarity, system analogy, reductionism, and complexity are then seen to be naturally expressed.
%P 73-92
%B On the theory of models and the modelling of natural phenomena.
%E G. Bahrenberg
%E M. Fischer
%E P. Nijkamp
%D 1984
%I Gower
%L iiasa13686