PARAMETER (SYSTEM)
Charles François (2004). PARAMETER (SYSTEM), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2472.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2472 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
- “A system property which has a universal domain of application, i.e. which can be ascribed to any system” (I.V. BLAUBERG, V.N. SADOVSKY and E.G. YUDIN, 1977, p.184).
These authors adopt this term forged by A. UYEMOV and give the following examples of system parameters:
- “A system is autoregenerative in elements… if it is capable of regenerating its elements in the process of functioning.
…and it is autoregenerative in relations (or relation autoregenerative)… if it is capable of restoring relations between elements“ (Ibid).
These two system parameters have, jointly, the same meaning as MATURANA and VARELA's autopoiesis.
The authors add: “If a system is capable of regenerating its elements or relations under the effect of other systems it is called externally regenerative in elements (externally determined element regenerative)… or externally regenerative in relation (externally determined relation regenerative).
- “The system is immanent…, if the set of elements and the set of correlates of the system forming relation coincide.
- “If the system is destroyed when a single element is eliminated it is called minimal…
- “Systems preserving their identity under structural changes are structurally stable” (Ibid).
This list of systems parameters can be much extended. The notion seems close to the concept of isomorphy.