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limited. An object interacting with another object is subject to time limitations (e.g., delay time for mechanism to operate and release energy, matter,
information, or material wealth, spatial distance between the objects, and
types of releases). Interacting objects are subject to conditions and limitations.
Fifth axiom—inactivity: A process that does not interact provides no access
to “power.” Power is encapsulated in resources, human skills, rules, budgets,
schedules, or EMMI. Integration requires access to power to be activated and
operative.
Sixth axiom—degrees of freedom: A process that interacts with another process constrains the other processes or objects. Interaction is a means of giving
up, expending, or losing EMMI.
The axioms of integration are indicative of a physical reality that is posed
through a small number of simple observations and interpretive logic. Posing
a question about the outcome(s) of interaction between objects (or alternatively stated as that which is induced to occur by releases from objects) highlights the measures and the measurement of change as important issues.
The functions reside within the physical world: functions are enacted at
the boundaries of physical entities and express themselves in the functional
world, while processes are carried out by physical entities, as observed in the
physical, functional, and behavioral worlds.* In sociology, the concept of
functionalism, that is, the functions of individual objects (e.g., people and the
boundaries between the physical entities that impact people’s behaviors and
the people) combine to make the whole of society that is expressive through
a set of “norms,” “customs,” “traditions,” and “institutions” (Giddens 1986).
Functions are typified by the events which result from enactment of the
mechanisms which produce output performance. The framework that captures functions was expanded to include the physical environment (Gailey
1985). The discussion on functions, processes, and physical entities requires
the construction of a framework that maps the reality of functions through
each of the three classes of integration—abstraction, model, and social.
To investigate the essential objects of integration, a framework needs to reflect
causality in a system. A framework needs to be based on a set of principles and
laws that have standing both theoretically and empirically. Integration can be
thought of as having two provenances: (1) principles which are intradisciplinary
and (2) holism. Integration relies on the principles of causality (Simon 1966;
Pearl 2001), the principle of perturbation (Langford 2006; Groah 2007), and the
principle of action (Langford 2009). Integration extends this paradigm by
attempting to encompass metalessons from all other disciplines.
To arrive at a framework that shows improved utility (over that of other
frameworks) across many experiments (with some modicum of variability)
and accounts for unobserved phenomenon (that which we surmise exists,
but as yet have not confirmed), principles representing the best practices of
* The term “world” is used generally to categorize loosely. The intention is to “bag” them up so
as to not lose something.
Foundations in Systems Integration
limited. An object interacting with another object is subject to time limitations (e.g., delay time for mechanism to operate and release energy, matter,
information, or material wealth, spatial distance between the objects, and
types of releases). Interacting objects are subject to conditions and limitations.
Fifth axiom—inactivity: A process that does not interact provides no access
to “power.” Power is encapsulated in resources, human skills, rules, budgets,
schedules, or EMMI. Integration requires access to power to be activated and
operative.
Sixth axiom—degrees of freedom: A process that interacts with another process constrains the other processes or objects. Interaction is a means of giving
up, expending, or losing EMMI.
The axioms of integration are indicative of a physical reality that is posed
through a small number of simple observations and interpretive logic. Posing
a question about the outcome(s) of interaction between objects (or alternatively stated as that which is induced to occur by releases from objects) highlights the measures and the measurement of change as important issues.
The functions reside within the physical world: functions are enacted at
the boundaries of physical entities and express themselves in the functional
world, while processes are carried out by physical entities, as observed in the
physical, functional, and behavioral worlds.* In sociology, the concept of
functionalism, that is, the functions of individual objects (e.g., people and the
boundaries between the physical entities that impact people’s behaviors and
the people) combine to make the whole of society that is expressive through
a set of “norms,” “customs,” “traditions,” and “institutions” (Giddens 1986).
Functions are typified by the events which result from enactment of the
mechanisms which produce output performance. The framework that captures functions was expanded to include the physical environment (Gailey
1985). The discussion on functions, processes, and physical entities requires
the construction of a framework that maps the reality of functions through
each of the three classes of integration—abstraction, model, and social.
To investigate the essential objects of integration, a framework needs to reflect
causality in a system. A framework needs to be based on a set of principles and
laws that have standing both theoretically and empirically. Integration can be
thought of as having two provenances: (1) principles which are intradisciplinary
and (2) holism. Integration relies on the principles of causality (Simon 1966;
Pearl 2001), the principle of perturbation (Langford 2006; Groah 2007), and the
principle of action (Langford 2009). Integration extends this paradigm by
attempting to encompass metalessons from all other disciplines.
To arrive at a framework that shows improved utility (over that of other
frameworks) across many experiments (with some modicum of variability)
and accounts for unobserved phenomenon (that which we surmise exists,
but as yet have not confirmed), principles representing the best practices of
* The term “world” is used generally to categorize loosely. The intention is to “bag” them up so
as to not lose something.