Reading #1: Systems and Complexity
9 February 2022
1. A system is many components working together in some way to do something. An example of what not a system is, could be described as a specific component within a system on its own. Another non-example would be something that is linear, there is a beginning and end and once it ends it ends for good. Another non system example would be a system that does not function the way it was intended.
2. Modularity is a system property which measures the degree to which densely connected compartments within a system can be decoupled into separate communities or clusters which interact more among themselves rather than other communities.
Decomposability is to what point can components be broken own until they are unfunctional.
Emergence complex behavior that is born from multiple smaller and simpler interactions from more than one component.
Chaos Theory is when a wide range of dynamic things arise from a central small action. Though the effects are wild, they still function just fine within the system.
3. Modularity is able to break apart without breaking the system. Modularity is flexible. Tessellation needs to be in a specific pattern to be defined as a tessellation. All pieces fit together in a specific way and changing that patters changes the tessellation as a whole.
4. Periodic is a pattern that repeats the sequence of the values exactly after a fixed length of time. Aperiodic is a pattern where there is no value for time., more chaotic, there is chase but not in any pattern.
5. System diagram shows the components of a whole and their interconnections. These show perception, 3D. A feature diagram shows the main components of a system but do not show the interaction between them. Flat image, 2D.
6. Group Activity:
Group mates consist of: Mandy Chen, Robert Chavez, Van Nguyen.
Bring in 2 system diagrams that have more than 100 elements:
^ Line Diagram of a Ship
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^Power plant wiring diagram
Bring in 2 system diagrams that is something considered living:
^ System Diagram of Thyroid Axis (Hormones) in Fish
^Source of Carbon In Ant Colony
Bring in 2 system diagrams that represent something that is not visible or physical:
^Carbon Cycle
^Solar flare diagram
Bring in 2 system diagrams that represent a system that incorperates modularity:
^Modular burglar alarm
^Block diagram of a computer
Part 2: Revised Diagrams with the four System Concepts applied to 4 different diagrams.
