DECOMPOSABILITY

Charles François (2004). DECOMPOSABILITY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 836.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(1)
ID	◀ 836 ▶
Object type	Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model

Decomposability gives itself in various degrees, corresponding to various levels. This has been stated by H. SIMON in the following way: “… hierarchies have the property of near-decomposability. Intra-component linkages are generally stronger than intercomponent linkages. This fact has the effect of separating the high-frequency dynamics of a hierarchy — involving the internal structure of the components — from the low frequency dynamics — involving interaction among components” (1965, p.72).