INTERRELATIONS
Charles François (2004). INTERRELATIONS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1767.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1767 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
- “The totality of constraints holding between the possible combinations of the states of two or more systems” (M. TODA & E.H. SHUFORD, 1965, p.26).
This subtle definition is also satisfactory if applied to subsystems within a system. In fact, what the authors thus define is the concept of “relation”.
In some sense, it must be admitted that “inter-relations” is kind of a pleonasm, but it seems quite a useful one!