Replying to LO28102 --
Here is what you asked for in the specific, Bob. But according to Rick
Karash, Ackoff's definition isn't going anywhere for you ;-}
REFs:
What is a System? A "top-down" explanation following von Bertallanfy
©1999 Edward G. Rozycki
http://www.newfoundations.com/EGR/system.html
>From my bookmarks...
Stafford Beer
http://www.dsl.org/faq/beer/
"Every time we hear that a proposal will destroy society as we know it, we
should have the courage to say: `Thank God; at last.'"
The Viable System Model as a Framework for Understanding Organizations by
Raśl Espejo and Antonia Gill
http://www.phrontis.com/vsm.htm
THIS one is BASED upon Ackoff as it lists him as a reference:
System Definitions
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/misweb/systems/sycodef.html
Self-Organizing Systems (SOS) FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions Version 2.7 December 2001
For USENET Newsgroup comp.theory.self-org-sys
http://www.calresco.org/sos/sosfaq.htm#2.1
Richard Karash wrote:
> My definition:
>
> We call it a "system" when we distinguish a compound entity which produces
> a result in EXCESS of the sum of the results attributable to the
> components, and where the excess result arises from the relationships
> between the components
...SNIP...
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