Cybernetics of the development process: SPECT system approach

Abstract

Presents a view of the combinations of the levels of social, political, economical, cultural and technological (SPECT) factors at different points in time pertaining to a human society (or a country) to gain a perspective of the development process. In this direction, a system called SPECT has been recognized in the form of a cybernetic system which is defined by the elements of which it is composed, and by the mutual relations among them. In the broad sense, a set defines the levels of input elements of SPECT factors at a particular point in time; and another set includes the rules of operation, inter‐relationships and its relationship with the external environment. Further, considers a coupling between two SPECT systems in respect of the two societies (or countries) and the vector space properties used for their analysis.

Citation

Madan, S. (1995), "Cybernetics of the development process: SPECT system approach", Kybernetes, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684929510083084