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3. In terms of the guiding principle, scholars have either consciously or unconsciously done
their thinking and reasoning with the whole in mind. ey start with an initial understand-
ing of development of things and events, and follow by applying effective controls of the sys-
tem until reaching the eventual optimization of the whole. e process can be summarized
as from understanding to application, from that the whole is greater than the sum of parts
to that imperfect parts can be arranged to form an optimal whole.
1.1.5 Construction of a Comprehensive Systems Science
Dissipative structures and synergetics of physics offer a theory and a method to investigate natur ...