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Tuesday 9 August 2016

systems

Definition: A system is a set of interacting or interdependent component parts forming a complex/intricate whole.

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.

They are studied by systems science.

See also

- biological systems