Meanings
- uncountableA problem solving approach that consists of analysis and synthesis, often also including modeling and simulation.
On the basis of the anasynthesis, a conceptual representation (concept model) of the social situation is made.
2006, Pedro Pedraza, Melissa Rivera, Latino Education: An Agenda for Community Action Research, page 4202 more examples
Anasynthesis is at least equivalent to the process inherent in the worn phrase "systems approach" and for many individuals is considerably more encompassing and the process more rigorous.
1973, Introduction to the Systems Approach, page 26Depending on the context, the phase lengths and time range one shall also find that the P-function overlaps the turning point of anasynthesis; quite logical though, since it associates the past, present and future.
1978, Kjell Samuelson, Informatics by General Systems and Cybernetics, page 246
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