WHOLES AND PARTS - A SYSTEMS-APPROACH

被引:10
作者
BOARDMAN, JT
机构
[1] Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS | 1995年 / 25卷 / 07期
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D O I
10.1109/21.391296
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This paper examines some of the properties of abstract systems. Structures of physical systems (such as atoms, buildings, etc.) are easy to understand and study, but abstract systems (human centered) can not he studied so easily. Ideas concerning parts, wholes and structures are presented, together with system diagrams (sgstemigrams), This paper outlines three examples where technology management has been analyzed with a systems approach. It is important to view the whole system under observation when considering its parts and its environment. Its environment is set by its boundaries, so deciding where boundaries lie in an abstract system is also discussed.
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页码:1150 / 1161
页数:12
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