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Systems Theory

The methodology of Systems Theory (also known as "System Theory" or "Systems Science") is based on the foundations layed by Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972). Its scope is identifying and modelling temporal and spatial dynamics in the intercausal networks (information processing structures) of complex systems.
Reference: von Bertalanffy, L. (1969, 1998). General System Theory. New York, George Braziller.

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Aggregate

A collection or set, whose elements are not (or not significantly) interconnected. Its components are therefore relatively independent from the whole.
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System

An organized (and theoretically delimited) universe, whose components are interconnected by giving up their independence from the whole.
The interconnections can be quantified by the degree of cross-linking or clustering coefficient, i.e. the quotient of actual and possible links among the system's components.
Open systems interact (via matter, energy and/or information) with their environment. They usually show a higher degree of stability compared to closed systems.
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Triggering

A ->message triggers certain behaviour in its receiver, if neither the energy of the triggering process contributes to the energy-balance of the triggered process nor the events' kind or direction can be controlled.

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Causal Relations

Among causal relations are to be counted cause-action relations (acting on a physico-chemical level), stimulus-reaction relations (low-level information processing) and communication relations (high-level information processing).