Implications from Karl Marx's concept of nature are explored. Serving as a frame of reference for the fight against pollution, the Marxian philosophy provides a kind of systems analysis of the origins and dynamics of pollution at the level of society and a set of conceptual tools and attitudes for unmasking the claims of industry. (BL)

Exploring the roots of ecological problems through an analysis outline is performed. Constantly searched for are factors with the most ramifications and with the most causal relevance. (BL)

Describes, and illustrates by reference to chemistry, a systems approach to the development of instructional segments. Uses a model with Behavioral, Temporal, and Substantive elements as axes. (AL)

The author discusses the application of physical and mathematical systems to non-physical social systems; specifically education and cinema, the process of analysis, synthesis, modeling and simulation. The author describes the course he has developed to instruct students in anasynthesis. (Author/RR)

A theoretica l approach to the problem of converting printed bibliographic records to machine readable form is developed based on principles of systems analysis. (Author)

A systems approach to behavior analysis through a common analytical premise. (Author)

The systems approach is presented as a workable methodology for managing all of the variable tasks of educational facilities planning. (Author)

A previously developed program for the HP-41C programmable calculator is extended to handle models of differential and difference equations with multiple eigenvalues. How to obtain difference equation solutions via the Z transform is described. (MNS)