INVARIANCE (Systemic)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1774 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
The degree of internal invariance of a system.
In E. LASZLO words: “Cohesiveness and continuity within the systems is higher, and rate of change lower, than in the relations between the systems” (1974, p.33).
Systemic invariance expresses the systems capacity for self-reproduction, self-reference, autopoiesis and organizational closure, as well self-replication by hypercycles. All these complementary properties gives them a considerable (if still limited) autonomy in their relations with their environment.
In fact, systemic invariance appears through global transdisciplinary models whose general characteristics apply to a significant number of systems of quite different kinds.
However, when modelized at a sufficient level of abstraction , the distinct models show common structural characteristics and functional behavior . As a result, the models are isomorphic (not so the systems or entities) and the general invariant properties of the systems become recognizable.
See also
Isomorphisms and Homomorphisms