COUPLINGS between two elements
Charles François (2004). COUPLINGS between two elements, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 743.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 743 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
The following figure, as drawed by George KLIR (1969, p.155) shows “All possible kinds of couplings in the vector form between two elements” (on one type of flow only).
The figure shows the astounding variety of processes, most of them interactive, that can be obtained from very simple connections between the absolute minimum of intervening elements.
It also shows all that is lost by severing these connections by any reductionist operation.
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