synergy

en-noun

synergy (countable and uncountable, plural synergies)

From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

der

Depending on the initial condition of the system (initial alphabet and number of elements) the co-evolution of nested local and global hierarchies continues until the system reaches a maximum value of complexity. At least for nuclear systems a quantitative variable called "complexity" can be defined, which increases in an irreversible manner during stellar evolution (Winiwarter, 1983). This variable C is composed of an informational measure I describing the variety of the computed formulas and an energetic measure R describing the relative binding energy or "synergy" permitting the coherence of the system.

1986, John Andrew Dillon (Society for General Systems Research). Proceedings of the International Conference on Mental Images, Values, & Reality. Vol. 1, Intersystems Publications, p. D-7

In short, synergy is the consequence of the energy expended in creating order. It is locked up in the viable system created, be it an organism or a social system. It is at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system's components. Whenever the system is dismembered to examine its components, this binding energy dissipates. An ordered library offers systemic possibilities, such as rapid search, selection, and aggregation, that cannot be explained by looking at the books themselves. These possibilities only exist because of the investment made in defining and creating interrelations between the books, their physical arrangement and the catalogues.

2009, J.-C. Spender, “Organizational Knowledge, Collective Practice and Penrose Rents”, in Michael H. Zack, editor, Knowledge and Strategy, Routledge, page 125:

(systems theory) A synonym of binding energy.

синергия

behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts


autopoiesis

/ˌɔːtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/

Coined in 1972 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, from auto- + poiesis (see also Ancient Greek αὐτόποιος (autópoios, “self-produced”)).

cog

If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization. However we deem the converse is also true: a physical system if autopoietic, is living. In other words, we claim that the notion of autopoiesis is necessary and sufficient to characterize the organization of living systems.

1980 [1972], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82:

Having clarified that their concern is with organization, not structure, the authors then proceed to define autopoiesis, the organization common to all living systems. It is a network of production processes, in which the function of each component is to participate in the production or transformation of other components in the network. In this way the entire network continually “makes itself.”

1996, Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 98:

Being smart means being dynamic and nomadic, and against centralized bureaucracy; believing in dialogue and cooperation as against central authority; in flexibility as against routine; culture and knowledge as against industrial production; in spontaneous interaction and autopoiesis as against fixed hierarchy.

2009, Mark Fisher, quoting Slavoj Žižek, chapter 4, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, pages 27–28:

The German word for unfolding–entfaltung—also means development, and the process of emergent creation, or autopoiesis, was also the process by which Hegel's absolute spirit was not only working in the world but creating itself at the same time.

2011 April 18, Peter Thompson, “Karl Marx, part 3: Men make their own history”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(systems theory) Self-creation; self-organization.

Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living


infrastructure

en-noun

infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)

/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.

(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.


openness

openness (usually uncountable, plural opennesses)

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From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open + -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”).

cog

(systems theory) The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.

avoimuus

systems theory: degree to which exchange occurs


transfer function

en-noun

transfer function (plural transfer functions)

(systems theory) a mathematical representation of the relation between the input and output of a linear time-invariant system


adaptive-control function

adaptive-control function (plural adaptive-control functions)

optimizing control function
optimizing control function

direct control function
direct control function

(systems theory) That part of a control system that dynamically updates the parameters of an optimizing control function or a direct control function


černá skříňka

černá skříňka (nominative singular)
černé skříňky (nominative plural)
černé skříňky (genitive singular)
černých skříněk (genitive plural)
černé skříňce (dative singular)
černým skříňkám (dative plural)
černou skříňku (accusative singular)
černé skříňky (accusative plural)
černá skříňko (singular vocative)
černé skříňky (plural vocative)
černé skříňce (locative singular)
černých skříňkách (locative plural)
černou skříňkou (instrumental singular)
černými skříňkami (instrumental plural)


panarchy

panarchy (countable and uncountable, plural panarchies)

From pan- + -archy. Coined independently in many different contexts.

In panarchies, transformational change can be generated from below or from above.

2001, Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Holling, Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems, →ISBN, page 25:

(systems theory) Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.


limit cycle

(systems theory) A closed trajectory in phase space of a dynamical system having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches minus-infinity.


limitní cyklus

limitní cyklus (nominative singular)
limitní cykly (nominative plural)
limitního cyklu (genitive singular)
limitních cyklů (genitive plural)
limitnímu cyklu (dative singular)
limitním cyklům (dative plural)
limitní cyklus (accusative singular)
limitní cykly (accusative plural)
limitní cykle (singular vocative)
limitní cykly (plural vocative)
limitním cyklu (locative singular)
limitních cyklech (locative plural)
limitním cyklem (instrumental singular)
limitními cykly (instrumental plural)


state variable

(systems theory) A variable that describes the state of a dynamical system.


sistemistico

it-adj

sistemistico (feminine sistemistica, masculine plural sistemistici, feminine plural sistemistiche)

sistemistica (feminine)
sistemistici (masculine plural)
sistemistiche (feminine plural)

(systems theory) of or relating to systems science


stigmergy

Coined in 1959 by French biologist Pierre-Paul Grassé in reference to termite behaviour, from the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark”, “sign”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”, “action”).

uder

(systems theory) A mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions, in which the aftereffects of one action guide a subsequent action.


egression

Experience and the will of one person were becoming an increasingly more determining moment in the practice of the entire collective: a stable egression was developing.

1980, Aleksandr Bogdanov, Essays in Tektology, page 169:

The most obvious example of egression was the relationship of the brain to the sensory organs and other nerve centres of the body.

2018, James White, Red Hamlet, page 305:

In machine production a new link of egression –a mechanism –is introduced between the hand of man and the working tool. Thus, a new broadening of egression is also achieved, and quite a significant one at that: the mechanism is free from the biological limitation of organs of the body and can control at the same time an indefinitely large number of instruments.

2022, Boris Groys, Philosophy of Care, page 93:

(sociology, systems theory) A centralized or top-down organization.


control function

en-noun

control function (plural control functions)

(systems theory) A function that controls the recording, processing, transmission, or interpretation of data.


BFT

BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.

2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121:

Byzantine fault tolerance
Byzantine fault tolerance#English

(systems theory) Initialism of Byzantine fault tolerance.


fault-tolerant

en-adj

fault-tolerant (comparative more fault-tolerant, superlative most fault-tolerant)

more fault-tolerant (comparative)
most fault-tolerant (superlative)

(systems theory) Tolerating a fault or faults such that no cessation to operation occurs.


deadband

en-noun

deadband (countable and uncountable, plural deadbands)

The game will not respond to small movements of the joystick, until the stick is pushed out of its dead zone.

(systems theory) In the domain of a transfer function, the band of input values where the output is zero. "(the output is 'dead' - no action occurs)"


whitenization

whitenization (countable and uncountable, plural whitenizations)

The clustering decision-making method has been proposed based on the grey interval incidence coefficient and a pre-set class number by making use of the grey whitenization function.

2010, Sifeng Liu, Advances in Grey Systems Research, page 48:

(systems theory) The calculation of a weighted average over all possible values of a quantity that is only known down to an interval, as opposed to a precise value.


closed loop

A feedback loop, especially when found in:

(systems theory) An electronic feedback loop.


極限環

ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

цзисяньхуань

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/


emergencja

pl-noun

emergencja f (related adjective emergencyjny)

emergencyjny (adjective)
emergencja (nominative singular)
emergencje (nominative plural)
emergencji (genitive singular)
emergencji (genitive plural)
emergencyj (archaic genitive plural)
emergencji (dative singular)
emergencjom (dative plural)
emergencję (accusative singular)
emergencje (accusative plural)
emergencją (instrumental singular)
emergencjami (instrumental plural)
emergencji (locative singular)
emergencjach (locative plural)
emergencjo (singular vocative)
emergencje (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French émergence. First attested in 1609. Compare Silesian ymergyncyjŏ.

ref

“EMERGENCJA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 25.11.2021

(art, philosophy, systems theory) emergence (arising of emergent structure in complex systems)


homeostaza

homeostaza (nominative singular)
homeostazy (genitive singular)
homeostazie (dative singular)
homeostazę (accusative singular)
homeostazą (instrumental singular)
homeostazie (locative singular)
homeostazo (singular vocative)

(literary, systems theory) homeostasis (state of equilibrium within some system of various elements, ensuring its harmonious functioning)


傳遞函數

ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ

чуаньди ханьшу

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ti⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ti⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/


fonction de transfert

fr-noun

fonction de transfert f (plural fonctions de transfert)

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Übertragungsfunktion

de-noun

Übertragungsfunktion f (genitive Übertragungsfunktion, plural Übertragungsfunktionen)

Übertragungsfunktion (genitive)
Übertragungsfunktionen (plural)
Übertragungsfunktion (nominative singular)
Übertragungsfunktionen (definite nominative plural)
Übertragungsfunktion (genitive singular)
Übertragungsfunktionen (definite genitive plural)
Übertragungsfunktion (dative singular)
Übertragungsfunktionen (dative definite plural)
Übertragungsfunktion (accusative singular)
Übertragungsfunktionen (accusative definite plural)