Combinatory Systems Theory

Piero Mella is Full Professor of Business Economics and Control Theory at the Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. In the past he has been the Dean of the Faculty as well as the Director of its Department of Business Research. He has authored dozens of publications (among which a treatise entitled Amministrazione d’Impresa [Management of the Firm], UTET Press), and for years he has researched systems theory from multiple perspectives. His recent essays about Systems theory include: Guida al Systems Thinking [A Guide to Systems Thinking] (Il Sole24Ore, Milano, 2007) and Sistemi di controllo [Control Systems] (Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008), and Systems Thinking: Intelligence in Action (2012). He has developed the Theory of Combinatory Systems; he is editor of the journal "Economia Aziendale on-line".

• 1  The Theory of Combinatory Systems.- 2   The Observable Variety. Heuristic Models of Combinatory Systems.- 3   Simulation Models. The Combinatory Automaton.- 4  The Heuristic Value of  Combinatory Systems Theory .-