a) Define system. Discuss the different types of system
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TYPES OF SYSTEMS
Bela Banathy
In contemplating systems work, the identification of the type of system we select is a crucial issue.
There are two major types: NATURAL SYSTEMS and DESIGNED SYSTEMS. Natural systems range from subatomic systems to living systems of all kinds, our planet, the solar systems, galactic systems and the Universe. The genesis of these systems is the origin of the universe and the result of the forces and events of evolution. The other main types are DESIGNED SYSTEMS. These are our creations and include several major types: (a) fabricated-engineered-physical systems (manmade artifacts): (b) hybrid systems that combine physical construction and nature, e.g., a hydroelectric plant); (c) designed conceptual systems (such as theories, philosophies, mathematics, logic, etc.) and their representations in the forms of books, records, and descriptive of prescriptive models; and (d) human activity systems. For our present purposes, human activity systems and their relevant abstract systems and representations are of special interest.
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Types of system:= Physical or Abstract .
Physical system is tangible entities that may be static or dynamic in nature.
Abstact system in conceptual or non-physical.
The abstact is conceptualization of physical situations. Open and Closed. An open system continually interacts with-it enviroments.