RELATIONSHIPS
Charles François (2004). RELATIONSHIPS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2818.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2818 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
J. WARFIELD characterizes as follows the six basic types of interpretive relationships used as a systemic basis for his General Design Science:
- “Definitive: includes, is included in, implies, is a member of, is in the same category as…
- “Comparative: is greater than, is heavier than, is preferred to, is of equal or higher priority with…
- “Influence: causes, affects, aggravates, enhances…
- “Temporal: must precede, follows, overlaps in time.
- “Spatial: lies east of, lies above…
- “Mathematical: is a function of, is computable from, is less than or equal to, affects the likehood of…
- “The brackets contain examples, but are by no means exhaustive of the set of possible relationships of each type” (1994b, p.60)).