System

A System is an composite entity with interacting components.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) maintain its System Boundary through component interactions.
  • It can (typically) have a System Birth through component assembly or emergence.
  • It can (typically) anticipate a System Death through component failure or dissolution.
  • It can (typically) exchange System Resources with its environment when open.
  • It can (typically) preserve its System Identity despite component changes.
  • It can (often) exhibit System Behavior through component interactions.
  • It can (often) generate System Effects within its environment.
  • It can (often) maintain System States during its operational period.
  • ...
  • It can range from being a Physical System to being an Abstract System, depending on its system materiality.
  • It can range from being a Closed System to being an Open System, depending on its system boundary permeability.
  • It can range from being a Simple System to being a Complex System, depending on its system component interaction complexity.
  • It can range from being a Fixed System to being a Dynamic System, depending on its system state variability.
  • It can range from being an Evolved System to being a Designed System, depending on its system origin type.
  • It can range from being a Healthy System to being a Failed System, depending on its system operational state.
  • It can range from being a Brittle System to being a Resilient System, depending on its system adaptation capability.
  • It can range from being a Dependent System to being an Independent System, depending on its system autonomy level.
  • It can range from being a Controlled System to being an Self-Governing System, depending on its system decision capability.
  • ...
  • It can undergo System Change through internal transformation or external influence.
  • It can experience System Breakdown due to component failure or interaction disruption.
  • It can achieve System Performance Levels based on its capability measures.
  • It can be represented by System Models for analysis purposes.
  • It can be studied through Systems Science using systematic methods.
  • It can be described by Systems Theory for theoretical understanding.
  • ...
• Example(s):
  • Natural Systems, such as:
    • Solar System (Current), demonstrating gravitational interactions between celestial bodies.
    • Planetary System, exhibiting orbital dynamics and atmospheric processes.
    • Thermodynamic System, showing energy flows and state transitions.
  • Biological Systems, such as:
    • Rainforest Ecosystem (2024), showing complex interactions between species and environment.
    • Human Body System, exhibiting integrated functions of multiple organ systems.
    • Individual Human, demonstrating biological processes and cognitive functions.
  • Social Systems, such as:
    • Global Financial System (2024), coordinating economic activity across markets.
    • Economic System, managing resource allocation and value exchange.
    • Political System (2024), organizing governance structures and power relations.
    • Human Societal System (2024), integrating cultural patterns and social norms.
  • Designed Systems, such as:
    • Technological Systems, such as:
      • Internet Infrastructure, enabling global communication through network protocols.
      • Computing System, performing information processing and data manipulation.
      • Autonomous Vehicle System, combining sensors, processors, and control mechanisms.
  • Abstract Systems, such as:
    • Mathematical Logic System, providing formal reasoning framework.
    • Legal System (2024), establishing rules and enforcement mechanisms.
    • Language System, enabling communication through structured patterns.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Random Collections, such as an information-bearing non-touching stone arrangement, which lacks component interactions and unified purpose.
  • Single Elements, such as an isolated entity, which lack the necessary multiple components and internal relations to form a system.
  • Information-bearing Non-Touching Stone Arrangement.
  • Relations.
• See: System Property, Element (Mathematics), Systems Engineering, Systems Analysis, Interaction.

---

---

References

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System Retrieved:2024-9-15.
  • A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems sciences.

    Systems have several common properties and characteristics, including structure, function(s), behavior and interconnectivity.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/system Retrieved:2014-6-12.
  • A system is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole or a set of elements (often called 'components' ) and relationships which are different from relationships of the set or its elements to other elements or sets. Every system is delineated by its spatial and temporal boundaries, surrounded and influenced by its environment, described by its structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning.

    Fields that study the general properties of systems include systems science, systems theory, systems engineering, cybernetics, dynamical systems, thermodynamics, complex systems and system analysis and design. They investigate the abstract properties of systems' matter and organization, looking for concepts and principles that are independent of domain, substance, type, or temporal scale. Some systems share common characteristics, including:* A system has structure, it contains parts (or components) that are directly or indirectly related to each other;

    • A system has behavior, it exhibits processes that fulfill its function or purpose;
    • A system has interconnectivity: the parts and processes are connected by structural and/or behavioral relationships.
    • A system's structure and behavior may be decomposed via subsystems and sub-processes to elementary parts and process steps.
    • A system has behavior that, in relativity to its surroundings, may be categorized as both fast and strong
  • The term system may also refer to a set of rules that governs structure and/or behavior. Alternatively, and usually in the context of complex social systems, the term institution is used to describe the set of rules that govern structure and/or behavior.

2013

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/system#Noun
  • A whole composed of relationships among the members.

2009

• WordNet.
  • instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the ...
  • a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
  • (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
  • a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
  • arrangement: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
  • a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
  • a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
  • the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
  • organization: an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"

---