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234:(ASC). In 2007 Stuart Umpleby was awarded The Wiener Gold Medal of the American Society for Cybernetics. In 2010 he was elected an Academician in the
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on cybernetics in 1984. He worked to develop and promote
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Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning
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864:Electronic Communication: Technology and Impacts
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661:In Russell J. Meyer and David Keplinger (eds.),
497:"ASC Glossary on Cybernetics and Systems Theory"
454:1991. Stuart Umpleby and Vadim Sadovsky (eds.).
729:"Strategies for Regulating the Global Economy."
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892:In Stuart Umpleby and Robert Trappl (eds.).
187:Computer-based Education Research Laboratory
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879:, list of publications, retrieved Dec 2007.
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464:New Horizons for Second-Order Cybernetics
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713:"Cybernetics of Conceptual Systems."
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810:Quality Improvement Priority Matrix
957:"Vitae – Stuart Umpleby's Website"
458:, Taylor & Francis, 255 pages.
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851:The Year 2000 Computer Problem
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467:, World Scientific, 388 pages.
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