Stuart A Umpleby

Biographic Data

ID316249
NAMEStuart A Umpleby
GIVEN NAMESStuart A
FAMILY NAMEUmpleby
SIGNATUREUMPLEBY S A
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Washington University
ORCID0000-0002-2762-6068
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Cybernetics of large social systems: The example of economics

    Open AccessTatiana A Medvedeva, Stuart A UmplebyARTICLESystems Research and Behavioral…2024

    When attempting to manage a large social system, it is necessary to have an overview of how the society functions and how economic theories describe this functioning. Recent discussions of higher orders of cybernetics are helping to define a multi‐disciplinary, multi‐level point of view. Knowledge from several disciplines is needed—systems science, management, engineering, cognitive studies and the various social science disciplines all have cont…

  • The Beginnings of Second-Order Cybernetics

    Stuart A Umpleby, Tatiana A MedvedevaARTICLEVoprosy Filosofii2022

    The article discusses the emergence of second-order cybernetics based on work in experimental epistemology and the study of the nervous system, as well as the emergence of a new understanding of the cognitive process. Studies have shown that it is necessary to include a scientist-observer in the descrip­tion of a system, since his or her specific characteristics and subjective world­view can influence the result of observation. The authors give e…

  • A Global University for a Global Village

    Open AccessStuart A Umpleby, Konstantin Mekhonoshin et al.ARTICLECulture Studies ↔ Critical…2009References: 2

    The Internet and educational reform efforts are creating a global network of universities. The ability of faculty members and students to communicate with each other independent of location has dramatically improved. In terms of administration, universities still function as separate entities. However, efforts to share information and to collaborate on research and teaching now encounter few barriers once personal computers and networks are avail…

  • Reflexivity in social systems: The theories of George Soros

    Open AccessStuart A Umpleby, Stuart UmplebyARTICLESystems Research and Behavioral…2007Cited by: 1References: 4

    George Soros's reflexivity theory is quite compatible with second order cybernetics. Indeed his work shows how to apply ideas in second order cybernetics to economics, finance and political science. This paper briefly reviews three theories of reflexivity in cybernetics. It provides an introduction to Soros's version of reflexivity theory and reviews applications in economics and finance. Soros's approach to economics is based on different assump…

  • Commentary: Communicating Science

    Open AccessJOHN A BUCK, Eric B Dent et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2000References: 1

    Understanding scientific concepts does not come easily to Americans, who nevertheless enjoy tremendous benefits because of scientific progress. The average citizen has a need to know more about scientific concepts to participate in the ongoing dialogue about everything from the cloning of Dolly (the sheep), to the possible entitlement of prescription drug coverage for senior citizens, to the way the Internet is changing the American way of life. …

  • The scientific revolution in demography

    Open AccessStuart A UmplebyARTICLEPopulation and Environment1990Cited by: 3References: 16

  • Strategies for regulating the global economy

    Open AccessStuart A UmplebyARTICLEFutures1989References: 4

  • A special section for correspondence and controversy

    Open AccessStuart A UmplebyARTICLEPopulation and Environment1988Cited by: 2References: 10

  • Citizen sampling simulations: A method for involving the public in social planning

    Open AccessStuart A Umpleby, Stuart UmplebyARTICLEPolicy Sciences1970Cited by: 2References: 1