Systems and Models

Question	Answer
System	An assemblage of parts, working together, forming a functioning whole.
Model	Reflecting a real object with a replica
Holism	Properties are useless when they are on their own without the dynamic
Reductionism	To make parts smaller to understand the whole
Input	Something goes into process with the flow
Output	Something goes out of the process with the flow
Storage	Energy or/and matter
Process	Transfer/Transformation
Transfer	Movement has no energy/matter exchange
Transformation	Movement has energy/matter exchange
Open System	Balanced Has energy/matter as an input and output
Closed System	Has only energy as an input and output
Isolated System	Has nothing as an input or output
Equilibrium	Balance in system
Dynamic Equilibrium	Stable equilibrium that started to have fluctuates
Steady State	An equilibrium wit the fluctuations with support of negative feedback
Positive Feedback	A reaction of response that encourages the system act in the same direction of the disturbance
Negative Feedback	A reaction of response that encourages the system act in the opposite direction of the disturbance
Quantitative model	Models that gives idea of something's quantities
Quality Model	Models that gives idea of quality

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	Created by Elif Erdogan about 9 years ago