System Capability Measure

An System Capability Measure is a system measure that can attribute a performance level to a system (for some task and task performance).

• AKA: Competency.
• Context:
  • output: Ability Level.
  • It can (typically) quantify System Performance through capability assessment.
  • It can (typically) evaluate System Ability through measurement criteria.
  • It can (typically) compare System Capability across measurement contexts.
  • It can (typically) track Capability Evolution over measurement periods.
  • It can (often) adapt to Task Domains through measure customization.
  • It can (often) combine Multiple Measures into composite scores.
  • It can (often) support System Comparison through standardized assessment.
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  • It can be supported by a Capability Assessment.
  • It can be possessed by a Capable System (e.g. a Skilled Person, Organization).
  • It can range from being a Major Capability Measure to being a Minor Capability Measure, depending on its measurement scope.
  • It can range from being an Organizational Capability to being a Personal Capability, depending on its system type.
  • It can range from being a Basic Capability Measure to being an Advanced Capability Measure, depending on its complexity level.
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• Examples:
  • Cognitive Capability Measures, such as:
    • Intelligence Ability for mental processing.
    • Research Ability for investigation tasks.
    • Problem Solving Ability for solution finding.
    • Learning Ability for knowledge acquisition.
  • Processing Capability Measures, such as:
    • Data Modeling Ability for information structuring.
    • Computer Programming Ability for code creation.
    • Processing Ability for task execution.
    • Production Ability for output generation.
  • Language Capability Measures, such as:
    • Verbal Ability for speaking tasks.
    • Reading Ability for text comprehension.
    • Linguistic Competence for language rules.
    • Communication Ability for information exchange.
  • Perceptual Capability Measures, such as:
    • Perception Ability for sensory processing.
    • Pattern Recognition for pattern detection.
    • Spatial Awareness for spatial understanding.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Process Throughput, which measures output rate rather than capability level.
  • System Weight, which measures physical property rather than performance ability.
  • Resource Measure, which quantifies available resources rather than system capability.
  • Performance Metric, which tracks task outcomes rather than inherent ability.
• See: System Performance Measure, Capability Assessment, System Evaluation, Performance Level, Measurement System.

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References

2015

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ability#Noun
  1. The quality or state of being able; capacity to do; capacity of doing something; having the necessary power. Template:Defdate

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     "This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.}}

  2. The legal wherewithal to act. Template:Defdate
  3. Financial ability. Template:Defdate

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skill#Noun
  1. Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.

     • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capability#Noun
  1. the power or ability to generate an outcome

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