Principles

Principle #12: Systems can be Improved
The eleventh principle of systems science states that systems can be understood. When we understand a system, it means that we can make good predictions…
Principle #10: Systems build internal models of themselves
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Principle #9: Systems build models of external systems
Principle #8: Systems use governance subsystems to achieve stability
Principle #7: Systems send and receive information, and encode knowledge
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Principle #6: Systems Evolve Over Time
Principle #5: Systems Exhibit Various Kinds and Levels of Complexity
Principle #4: Systems are Dynamic over Multiple Scales
Principle #3: Systems Can Be Represented as Networks of Relations
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Principle #2: Systems are Processes Organized as Hierarchies
Principle #1: Everything in the Universe is a System
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