The DOI matches its Crossref record; 27 of the 27 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Towards a System of Systems Methodologies
Abstract
This paper sets out to consider O.R. as a problem-solving methodology in relation to other systems-based problem-solving methodologies. A ‘system of systems methodologies’ is developed as the interrelationship between different methodologies is examined along with their relative efficacy in solving problems in various real-world problem contexts. In a final section the conclusions and benefits which stem from the analysis are presented. The analysis points to the need for a co-ordinated research programme designed to deepen understanding of different problem contexts and the type of problem-solving methodology appropriate to each.
Overview
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Citations
Cites
Lukes, S. (2005) · Power · doi:10.1007/978-0-230-80257-5_2 · Cited by 6,653
Systems Thinking, Systems Practice
Checkland, P. B. (1981) · Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design · Cited by 6,256
Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis.
Louis, M. R., Burrell, G., & Morgan, G. (1983) · Administrative Science Quarterly · doi:10.2307/2392394 · Cited by 5,588
General Systems Theory—The Skeleton of Science
Boulding, K. E. (1956) · Management Science · doi:10.1287/mnsc.2.3.197 · Cited by 2,333
The theory of open systems in physics and biology
von Bertalanffy, L. (1950) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.111.2872.23 · Cited by 1,714
Churchman, C. W. (1979) · Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) · Cited by 1,351
Bo., N., & Beer, S. (1972) · Cited by 1,184
The design of inquiring systems,
Jantsch, E. (1972) · Futures · doi:10.1016/0016-3287(72)90061-4 · Cited by 1,089
Challenging strategic planning assumptions
Mason, R. O. (1981) · Cited by 1,077
The Future of Operational Research is Past
Ackoff, R. L. (1979) · Journal of the Operational Research Society · doi:10.1057/jors.1979.22 · Cited by 1,071
Cited by
System dynamics, systems thinking, and soft OR
Forrester, J. W. (1994) · System Dynamics Review · doi:10.1002/sdr.4260100211 · Cited by 1,112
Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention.
Taket, A. (1992) · Journal of the Operational Research Society · doi:10.1057/jors.1992.153 · Cited by 1,051
Problem structuring methods in action
Mingers, J., & Rosenhead, J. (2004) · European Journal of Operational Research · doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(03)00056-0 · Cited by 749
Multimethodology: Towards a framework for mixing methodologies
Mingers, J., & Brocklesby, J. (1997) · Omega · doi:10.1016/s0305-0483(97)00018-2 · Cited by 688
Beyond methodology choice: critical systems thinking as critically systemic discourse
Ulrich, W. (2003) · Journal of the Operational Research Society · doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601518 · Cited by 271
Metadata
- Authors
- Jackson, M. C., & Keys, P.
- Venue
- Journal of the Operational Research Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1984-06
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 473-486
- ISSN
- 0160-5682 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-9360
- OpenAlex
- W2086450534
- Cited by
- 731
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 6.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
How to cite
Cite CoChat for the checks on this page, and the paper for its own findings.
- This page
- CoChat. (2026). Citation check: Towards a System of Systems Methodologies. https://app.cochat.ai/papers/10.1057/jors.1984.101
- The paper
- Jackson, M. C., & Keys, P. (1984). Towards a System of Systems Methodologies. Journal of the Operational Research Society. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1984.101
Data sources
Bibliographic data: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref.
Contains information from the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph Datasets, made available under the ODC Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0).
Semantic Scholar’s data is described in: Kinney, R., et al. (2023). The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform. arXiv:2301.10140.
