On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Andrey Fedorov <[email protected]> wrote:
> The picture you gave isn't a system, it's a directed graph. I guess you're > implying anything you imagine to be a "system" can be represented as a graph > - but what *is* a system? > > Well it isn't a system in the same sense that a map isn't the terrain. A blue print isn't a building a paint isn't the object being painted. I think peoplo call those things a representation. Maybe I'm mistaken. > Also, you can define the "complexity" of a graph in any way you like. Until > you show that this definition is somehow representative of the real world, > you're just masturbating. > > Ok for example in the real world the realization that is possible to know how a system with several interactions will behave in a predictible way is the basis of Systems Thinking and the Theory of Constraints. Both with huge impact in systems from manufacturing to epidemic distribution. > Cheers, > Andrey > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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