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</li> <li id="toc-Natural_and_human-made_systems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Natural_and_human-made_systems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Natural and human-made systems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Natural_and_human-made_systems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Theoretical_framework" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theoretical_framework"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Theoretical framework</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theoretical_framework-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Process_and_transformation_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Process_and_transformation_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Process and transformation 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id="toc-Subsystem-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Analysis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Analysis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Analysis</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Analysis-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Analysis subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Analysis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Economic_system" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economic_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Economic system</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Information_and_computer_science" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Information_and_computer_science"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Information and computer science</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Information_and_computer_science-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Engineering_and_physics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Engineering_and_physics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Engineering and physics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Engineering_and_physics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sociology,_cognitive_science_and_management_research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sociology,_cognitive_science_and_management_research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Sociology, cognitive science and management research</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sociology,_cognitive_science_and_management_research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pure_logic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pure_logic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Pure logic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pure_logic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strategic_thinking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strategic_thinking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Strategic thinking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Strategic_thinking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%A5%E1%88%AD%E1%8B%93%E1%89%B5" title="ሥርዓት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሥርዓት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85)" title="نظام (علوم) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نظام (علوم)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE" title="ব্যবস্থা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্যবস্থা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Система – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Система" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Сістэма – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сістэма" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AE" title="सिस्टम – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="सिस्टम" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Система – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Система" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysdem" title="Sysdem – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Sysdem" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syst%C3%A9m" title="Systém – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Systém" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutandira" title="Mutandira – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Mutandira" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCsteem" title="Süsteem – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Süsteem" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Σύστημα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σύστημα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistemo" title="Sistemo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sistemo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87" title="سامانه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سامانه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syst%C3%A8me" title="Système – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Système" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3ras" title="Córas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Córas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Система – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Система" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%85%9C" title="시스템 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시스템" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3" title="Համակարգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Համակարգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AE)" title="तंत्र (सिस्टम) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="तंत्र (सिस्टम)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustav" title="Sustav – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sustav" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistemo" title="Sistemo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sistemo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systema" title="Systema – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Systema" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerfi" title="Kerfi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kerfi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%AA" title="מערכת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מערכת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Низам – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Низам" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="სისტემა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სისტემა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D2%AF%D0%B9%D0%B5" title="Жүйе – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жүйе" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AEstem" title="Sîstem – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Sîstem" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Тутум – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Тутум" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systema" title="Systema – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Systema" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sist%C4%93ma" title="Sistēma – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sistēma" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – 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href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF" title="വ്യവസ്ഥിതി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വ്യവസ്ഥിതി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="სისტემა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="სისტემა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systeem_(wetenschap)" title="Systeem (wetenschap) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Systeem (wetenschap)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A0" title="システム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="システム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Радамлык – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Радамлык" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80" title="ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%90%D8%B3%D9%BC%D9%85" title="سېسټم – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="سېسټم" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema" title="Sistema – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Sistema" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llikacha" title="Llikacha – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Llikacha" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Система – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Система" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Тутумта – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Тутумта" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seestem" title="Seestem – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Seestem" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistemi" title="Sistemi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Sistemi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syst%C3%A9m_(kybernetika)" title="Systém (kybernetika) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Systém (kybernetika)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85" title="سیستم – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سیستم" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Систем – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Систем" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistem" title="Sistem – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Sistem" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4rjestelm%C3%A4_(systeemiteoria)" title="Järjestelmä (systeemiteoria) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Järjestelmä (systeemiteoria)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/System" title="System – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="System" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="ஒருங்கியம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஒருங்கியம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A" 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.hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><span>For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/System_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="System (disambiguation)">System (disambiguation)</a>.</span> <span>For the set of rules that govern structure or behavior of people, see <a href="/wiki/Social_system" title="Social system">Social system</a>. For the academic field, see <a href="/wiki/Systems_science" title="Systems science">Systems science</a>. For the engineering, see <a href="/wiki/Systems_engineering" title="Systems engineering">Systems engineering</a>.</span></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diagram_Systems.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diagram_Systems.svg/260px-Diagram_Systems.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diagram_Systems.svg/390px-Diagram_Systems.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diagram_Systems.svg/520px-Diagram_Systems.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="167" /></a><figcaption>Systems can be isolated, closed, or open.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>system</b> is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole.<sup id="cite_ref-merriam-webster-system_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merriam-webster-system-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A system, surrounded and influenced by its <a href="/wiki/Environment_(systems)" title="Environment (systems)">environment</a>, is described by its boundaries, <a href="/wiki/Structure" title="Structure">structure</a> and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of <a href="/wiki/Systems_theory" title="Systems theory">systems theory</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Systems_science" title="Systems science">systems sciences</a>. </p><p>Systems have several common properties and characteristics, including structure, function(s), behavior and interconnectivity. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>system</i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> word <i>systēma</i>, in turn from <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">σύστημα</span></span> <i>systēma</i>: "whole concept made of several parts or members, system", literary "composition".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 19th century, the French physicist <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_L%C3%A9onard_Sadi_Carnot" title="Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot">Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot</a>, who studied <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamics" title="Thermodynamics">thermodynamics</a>, pioneered the development of the concept of a <i>system</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural sciences</a>. In 1824, he studied the system which he called the <i>working substance</i> (typically a body of water vapor) in <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam engines</a>, in regard to the system's ability to do work when heat is applied to it. The working substance could be put in contact with either a boiler, a cold reservoir (a stream of cold water), or a piston (on which the working body could do work by pushing on it). In 1850, the German physicist <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Clausius" title="Rudolf Clausius">Rudolf Clausius</a> generalized this picture to include the concept of the <a href="/wiki/Environment_(systems)" title="Environment (systems)">surroundings</a> and began to use the term <i>working body</i> when referring to the system. </p><p>The biologist <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy" title="Ludwig von Bertalanffy">Ludwig von Bertalanffy</a> became one of the pioneers of the <a href="/wiki/General_systems_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="General systems theory">general systems theory</a>. In 1945 he introduced <i>models, principles, and laws that apply to generalized systems or their subclasses, irrespective of their particular kind, the nature of their component elements, and the relation or 'forces' between them.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Bertalanfy1945_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bertalanfy1945-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1940s and mid-50s, <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Wiener" title="Norbert Wiener">Norbert Wiener</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Ashby" class="mw-redirect" title="Ross Ashby">Ross Ashby</a> pioneered the use of mathematics to study systems of <a href="/wiki/Control_system" title="Control system">control</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communications_system" title="Communications system">communication</a>, calling it <a href="/wiki/Cybernetics" title="Cybernetics">cybernetics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wiener1948_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wiener1948-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashby1950_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashby1950-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan" title="Marshall McLuhan">Marshall McLuhan</a> applied general systems theory in an approach that he called a field approach and <a href="/wiki/Figure%E2%80%93ground_(perception)" title="Figure–ground (perception)">figure/ground analysis</a>, to the study of <a href="/wiki/Media_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Media theory">media theory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Holland" title="John Henry Holland">John Henry Holland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann" title="Murray Gell-Mann">Murray Gell-Mann</a> and others coined the term <i><a href="/wiki/Complex_adaptive_system" title="Complex adaptive system">complex adaptive system</a></i> at the interdisciplinary <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute" title="Santa Fe Institute">Santa Fe Institute</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concepts">Concepts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Concepts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment_and_boundaries">Environment and boundaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Environment and boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Systems_theory" title="Systems theory">Systems theory</a> views the world as a <a href="/wiki/Complex_system" title="Complex system">complex system</a> of interconnected parts. One scopes a system by defining its <a href="/wiki/Boundary_(topology)" title="Boundary (topology)">boundary</a>; this means choosing which entities are inside the system and which are outside—part of the <a href="/wiki/Environment_(systems)" title="Environment (systems)">environment</a>. One can make simplified representations (<a href="/wiki/Scientific_modelling" title="Scientific modelling">models</a>) of the system in order to understand it and to predict or impact its future behavior. These models may define the structure and behavior of the system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_and_human-made_systems">Natural and human-made systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Natural and human-made systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are natural and human-made (designed) systems. Natural systems may not have an apparent objective but their behavior can be interpreted as purposeful by an observer. Human-made systems are made with various purposes that are achieved by some action performed by or with the system. The parts of a system must be related; they must be "designed to work as a coherent entity"—otherwise they would be two or more distinct systems. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OpenSystemRepresentation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/OpenSystemRepresentation.svg/180px-OpenSystemRepresentation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/OpenSystemRepresentation.svg/270px-OpenSystemRepresentation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/OpenSystemRepresentation.svg/360px-OpenSystemRepresentation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="931" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption><i>Open systems</i> have input and output flows, representing exchanges of matter, energy or information with their surroundings.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theoretical_framework">Theoretical framework</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Theoretical framework"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most systems are <a href="/wiki/Open_system_(thermodynamics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Open system (thermodynamics)">open systems</a>, exchanging matter and energy with their respective surroundings; like a car, a <a href="/wiki/Coffeemaker" title="Coffeemaker">coffeemaker</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Closed_system" title="Closed system">closed system</a> exchanges energy, but not matter, with its environment; like a computer or the project <a href="/wiki/Biosphere_2" title="Biosphere 2">Biosphere 2</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Isolated_system" title="Isolated system">isolated system</a> exchanges neither matter nor energy with its environment. A theoretical example of such a system is the <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Process_and_transformation_process">Process and transformation process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Process and transformation process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Open_system_(systems_theory)" title="Open system (systems theory)">open system</a> can also be viewed as a bounded transformation process, that is, a <a href="/wiki/Black_box" title="Black box">black box</a> that is a process or collection of processes that transform inputs into outputs. Inputs are consumed; outputs are produced. The concept of input and output here is very broad. For example, an output of a passenger ship is the movement of people from departure to destination. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="System_model">System model</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: System model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Systems_modeling" title="Systems modeling">Systems modeling</a></div> <p>A system comprises <a href="/wiki/View_model" title="View model">multiple views</a>. Human-made systems may have such views as concept, <a href="/wiki/Systems_analysis" title="Systems analysis">analysis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Systems_design" title="Systems design">design</a>, <a href="/wiki/Implementation" title="Implementation">implementation</a>, deployment, structure, behavior, input data, and output data views. A <a href="/wiki/System_model" class="mw-redirect" title="System model">system model</a> is required to describe and represent all these views. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Systems_architecture">Systems architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Systems architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Systems_architecture" title="Systems architecture">Systems architecture</a></div> <p>A systems architecture, using one single integrated model for the description of multiple views, is a kind of system model. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subsystem">Subsystem</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Subsystem"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <b>subsystem</b> is a set of elements, which is a system itself, and a component of a larger system. The IBM Mainframe <i>Job Entry Subsystem</i> family (<a href="/wiki/JES1" class="mw-redirect" title="JES1">JES1</a>, <a href="/wiki/JES2" class="mw-redirect" title="JES2">JES2</a>, <a href="/wiki/JES3" class="mw-redirect" title="JES3">JES3</a>, and their <a href="/wiki/Houston_Automatic_Spooling_Priority" title="Houston Automatic Spooling Priority">HASP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Attached_Support_Processor" title="Attached Support Processor">ASP</a> predecessors) are examples. The main <i>elements</i> they have in common are the components that handle input, scheduling, spooling and output; they also have the ability to interact with local and remote operators. </p><p>A subsystem description is a system object that contains information defining the characteristics of an operating environment controlled by the system.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The data tests are performed to verify the correctness of the individual subsystem configuration data (e.g. MA Length, Static Speed Profile, …) and they are related to a single subsystem in order to test its Specific Application (SA).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many kinds of systems that can be analyzed both <a href="/wiki/Quantitatively" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantitatively">quantitatively</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qualitative_research" title="Qualitative research">qualitatively</a>. For example, in an analysis of urban <a href="/wiki/Systems_dynamics" class="mw-redirect" title="Systems dynamics">systems dynamics</a>, A . W. Steiss defined five intersecting systems, including the physical subsystem and behavioral system. For sociological models influenced by systems theory,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_D._Bailey_(sociologist)" title="Kenneth D. Bailey (sociologist)">Kenneth D. Bailey</a> defined systems in terms of <a href="/wiki/Conceptual_system" title="Conceptual system">conceptual</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concrete_(philosophy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concrete (philosophy)">concrete</a>, and abstract systems, either <a href="/wiki/Isolated_system" title="Isolated system">isolated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Closed_system" title="Closed system">closed</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Open_system_(systems_theory)" title="Open system (systems theory)">open</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walter_F._Buckley" title="Walter F. Buckley">Walter F. Buckley</a> defined systems in sociology in terms of <a href="/wiki/Mechanics" title="Mechanics">mechanical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Organic_(model)" title="Organic (model)">organic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Process_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Process model">process models</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bela_H._Banathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bela H. Banathy">Bela H. Banathy</a> cautioned that for any inquiry into a system understanding its kind is crucial, and defined <i>natural</i> and <i>designed</i>, i. e. artificial, systems.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, natural systems include <a href="/wiki/Subatomic" class="mw-redirect" title="Subatomic">subatomic</a> systems, <a href="/wiki/Living_systems" title="Living systems">living systems</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Galaxies">galaxies</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a>, while artificial systems include man-made physical structures, hybrids of natural and artificial systems, and conceptual knowledge. The human elements of organization and functions are emphasized with their relevant abstract systems and representations. </p><p>Artificial systems inherently have a major defect: they must be premised on one or more fundamental assumptions upon which additional knowledge is built. This is in strict alignment with <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems" title="Gödel's incompleteness theorems">Gödel's incompleteness theorems</a>. The Artificial system can be defined as a "consistent formalized system which contains elementary arithmetic".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These fundamental assumptions are not inherently deleterious, but they must by definition be assumed as true, and if they are actually false then the system is not as structurally integral as is assumed (i.e. it is evident that if the initial expression is false, then the artificial system is not a "consistent formalized system"). For example, in <a href="/wiki/Geometry" title="Geometry">geometry</a> this is very evident in the postulation of <a href="/wiki/Theorem" title="Theorem">theorems</a> and extrapolation of proofs from them. </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_J._Klir" class="mw-redirect" title="George J. Klir">George J. Klir</a> maintained that no "classification is complete and perfect for all purposes", and defined systems as abstract, real, and <a href="/wiki/Conceptual_system" title="Conceptual system">conceptual</a> <a href="/wiki/Physical_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Physical systems">physical systems</a>, bounded and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Unbounded_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unbounded system (page does not exist)">unbounded systems</a>, discrete to continuous, pulse to <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_system" title="Hybrid system">hybrid systems</a>, etc. The interactions between systems and their environments are categorized as relatively closed and <a href="/wiki/Open_system_(systems_theory)" title="Open system (systems theory)">open systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Important distinctions have also been made between <i>hard</i> systems—–technical in nature and amenable to methods such as <a href="/wiki/Systems_engineering" title="Systems engineering">systems engineering</a>, operations research, and quantitative systems analysis—and <i>soft</i> systems that involve people and organizations, commonly associated with concepts developed by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Checkland" title="Peter Checkland">Peter Checkland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_(systems_scientist)" title="Brian Wilson (systems scientist)">Brian Wilson</a> through <a href="/wiki/Soft_systems_methodology" title="Soft systems methodology">soft systems methodology</a> (SSM) involving methods such as <a href="/wiki/Action_research" title="Action research">action research</a> and emphasis of participatory designs.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Where hard systems might be identified as more <i>scientific</i>, the distinction between them is often elusive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_system">Economic system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economic system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economic_system" title="Economic system">Economic system</a></div> <p>An economic system is a <a href="/wiki/Social_institution" class="mw-redirect" title="Social institution">social institution</a> which deals with the <a href="/wiki/Economic_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic production">production</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distribution_(business)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distribution (business)">distribution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Consumption_(economics)" title="Consumption (economics)">consumption</a> of <a href="/wiki/Goods" title="Goods">goods</a> and <a href="/wiki/Service_(economics)" title="Service (economics)">services</a> in a particular <a href="/wiki/Society" title="Society">society</a>. The economic system is composed of <a href="/wiki/Person" title="Person">people</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institutions" class="mw-redirect" title="Institutions">institutions</a> and their relationships to resources, such as the <a href="/wiki/Convention_(norm)" title="Convention (norm)">convention</a> of <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a>. It addresses the problems of <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, like the allocation and scarcity of resources. </p><p>The international sphere of interacting states is described and analyzed in systems terms by several international relations scholars, most notably in the <a href="/wiki/Neorealism_(international_relations)" title="Neorealism (international relations)">neorealist school</a>. This systems mode of international analysis has however been challenged by other schools of international relations thought, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Constructivism_(international_relations)" title="Constructivism (international relations)">constructivist school</a>, which argues that an over-large focus on systems and structures can obscure the role of individual agency in social interactions. Systems-based models of international relations also underlie the vision of the international sphere held by the <a href="/wiki/Institutional_liberalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Institutional liberalism">liberal institutionalist</a> school of thought, which places more emphasis on systems generated by rules and interaction governance, particularly economic governance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Information_and_computer_science">Information and computer science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Information and computer science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Information_science" title="Information science">information science</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Information_system" title="Information system">information system</a> is a hardware system, <a href="/wiki/Software_system" title="Software system">software system</a>, or combination, which has <a href="/wiki/Component_(UML)" title="Component (UML)">components</a> as its structure and observable <a href="/wiki/Inter-process_communication" title="Inter-process communication">inter-process communications</a> as its behavior. </p><p>There are systems of counting, as with <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>, and various systems for filing papers, or catalogs, and various library systems, of which the <a href="/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" title="Dewey Decimal Classification">Dewey Decimal Classification</a> is an example. This still fits with the definition of components that are connected together (in this case to facilitate the flow of information). </p><p>System can also refer to a framework, aka <a href="/wiki/Platform_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform (computing)">platform</a>, be it <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">software</a> or hardware, designed to allow software programs to run. A flaw in a component or system can cause the component itself or an entire system to fail to perform its required function, e.g., an incorrect <a href="/wiki/Statement_(computer_science)" title="Statement (computer science)">statement</a> or <a href="/wiki/Data_definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Data definition">data definition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering_and_physics">Engineering and physics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Engineering and physics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, a physical system is the portion of the universe that is being studied (of which a <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamic_system" title="Thermodynamic system">thermodynamic system</a> is one major example). Engineering also has the concept of a system referring to all of the parts and interactions between parts of a complex project. <a href="/wiki/Systems_engineering" title="Systems engineering">Systems engineering</a> is the branch of engineering that studies how this type of system should be planned, designed, implemented, built, and maintained.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sociology,_cognitive_science_and_management_research"><span id="Sociology.2C_cognitive_science_and_management_research"></span>Sociology, cognitive science and management research</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sociology, cognitive science and management research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Social and <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_science" title="Cognitive science">cognitive sciences</a> recognize systems in models of individual humans and in human societies. They include human brain functions and mental processes as well as normative ethics systems and social and cultural behavioral patterns. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Management_science" title="Management science">management science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">operations research</a> and <a href="/wiki/Organizational_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Organizational development">organizational development</a>, human organizations are viewed as <a href="/wiki/Management_system" title="Management system">management systems</a> of interacting components such as subsystems or system aggregates, which are carriers of numerous complex <a href="/wiki/Business_processes" class="mw-redirect" title="Business processes">business processes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Organizational_behavior" title="Organizational behavior">organizational behaviors</a>) and organizational structures. Organizational development theorist <a href="/wiki/Peter_Senge" title="Peter Senge">Peter Senge</a> developed the notion of organizations as systems in his book <i>The Fifth Discipline</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Organizational_theorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Organizational theorist">Organizational theorists</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wheatley" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Wheatley">Margaret Wheatley</a> have also described the workings of organizational systems in new metaphoric contexts, such as <a href="/wiki/Quantum_physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantum physics">quantum physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chaos_theory" title="Chaos theory">chaos theory</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Self-organizing_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-organizing system">self-organization of systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pure_logic">Pure logic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pure logic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is also such a thing as a <a href="/wiki/Logical_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Logical system">logical system</a>. An obvious example is the calculus developed simultaneously by <a href="/wiki/Leibniz" class="mw-redirect" title="Leibniz">Leibniz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a>. Another example is <a href="/wiki/George_Boole" title="George Boole">George Boole</a>'s Boolean operators. Other examples relate specifically to philosophy, biology, or cognitive science. <a href="/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs" title="Maslow's hierarchy of needs">Maslow's hierarchy of needs</a> applies psychology to biology by using pure logic. Numerous psychologists, including <a href="/wiki/Carl_Jung" title="Carl Jung">Carl Jung</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a> developed systems that logically organize psychological domains, such as personalities, motivations, or intellect and desire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strategic_thinking">Strategic thinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Strategic thinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, military strategist, <a href="/wiki/John_A._Warden_III" title="John A. Warden III">John A. Warden III</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Warden%27s_Five_Rings" title="Warden's Five Rings">Five Ring System</a> model in his book, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Air_Campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Air Campaign (page does not exist)">The Air Campaign</a></i>, contending that any complex system could be broken down into five concentric rings. Each ring—leadership, processes, infrastructure, population and action units—could be used to isolate key elements of any system that needed change. The model was used effectively by <a href="/wiki/Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force">Air Force</a> planners in the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1990s, Warden applied his model to business strategy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Complexity" title="Complexity">Complexity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Complexity_theory_and_organizations" title="Complexity theory and organizations">Complexity theory and organizations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formal_system" title="Formal system">Formal system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_systems_theory" title="Glossary of systems theory">Glossary of systems theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_(economics)" title="Market (economics)">Market (economics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta-system" title="Meta-system">Meta-system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/System_of_systems" title="System of systems">System of systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/System_of_systems_engineering" title="System of systems engineering">System of systems engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Systems_art" title="Systems art">Systems art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_body" title="Human body">Systems in the human body</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=System&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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