The Viable System Model (VSM) was published in the 1970s by Stafford Beer, based on his earlier work and publications of the 15 years before that.
As the VSM provides a model of organization claiming to be isomorphically mapped onto a model of the human nervous systems.
However, scientific understanding of the functioning of the brain and the nervous system has advanced greatly in the past 50 years.
Against this backdrop, it seems necessary to take stock to what extent the VSM based on the understanding of the brain of 5 to 7 decades ago would hold against the current state of scientific knowledge.
The following topics are to be addressed in such a stock taking:
- is the representation of the functions of the brain in the VSM still adequate, correct and complete today?
- And if not, how would the brain mapping of the VSM look today?
- The VSM depicts a system in its vertical holons. How could interactions between systems be depicted, from an ecosystem perspective?
- What are the limits and possibilities of centering the applicating of the VSM on a specific purpose?
- how could modern Artificial Intelligence and Informatics be used to map and design functions and processes in the VSM? in the era of digital transformation and data science, it is likely that we could massively improve the way VSM-based research applies and factors in data and data science of all sorts.
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