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Glossary of Terms
Independent: Unencumbered by influences outside of an object’s boundary
or process limitations.
Induction: The logic of deriving a general law from an observation, perspective, measurement theory, and causalities framework. Induction
assumes that (1) knowledge can be represented by rules that govern
conditions, (2) rules are based on current and future states (suggesting
causality is pluralistic), (3) rules are defined and enacted similarly in
hierarchical or heterarchical structures, (4) subsets and supersets of
objects or processes identify with the higher levels (in hierarchical
thinking) and with primary reference objects and processes (in heterarchical thinking), (5) synchronic and diachronic rules promote
superordinate relations, (6) interactions between objects that are of
inconsistent frequency or are barely over thresholds necessary to
activate mechanisms result in measurable outputs, (7) two classes of
mechanism are possible—those that revise parameters and those
that generate plausibility and rules, (8) mechanisms require interactions that lie within the range of the parameters that control the
mechanisms to result in measurable output, and (9) a depth and
breadth of knowledge associated with actions and events, processes,
and activities are structured within frames that are consistent with
the causalities framework (or integration framework). This definition
is extracted from and inspired by Holland et al. (1986).
Influence: The effect(s) on an object or process.
Information: Data with context.
Instability: Instability results in loss of functionality or performance. The
consequences instability is generally correlated with loss of value.
Instability is not the opposite of stability. Instability is the tendency
to change in a manner that does not maintain either the systemic
properties and traits of a system (objects and processes) or the individual properties and traits of an object or process.
Instance: A single occurrence of an enactment of a mechanism.
Integration: Integration is the unification of the objects through their interactions of energy, matter, material wealth, and information to provide
system-level functionalities and performances. Integration is a coalesce
of objects, interacting in perhaps unpredictable ways. Integration is the
combining of a systematic series of actions that take place in a definite
manner, directed to bring about a particular interaction between
objects and sets of objects. Integration is the method of setting up or by
chance satisfying the conditions that lead to a set of objects we refer to
as a system. Integration is a collaborative, value-enhancing approach
to demonstrating functionalities and performances of products and
services. Integration is a method that facilitates outcomes that are
beyond what an individual object can do either individually or by a
number of objects acting independently, that is, make things happen
that would otherwise not happen.
Glossary of Terms
Independent: Unencumbered by influences outside of an object’s boundary
or process limitations.
Induction: The logic of deriving a general law from an observation, perspective, measurement theory, and causalities framework. Induction
assumes that (1) knowledge can be represented by rules that govern
conditions, (2) rules are based on current and future states (suggesting
causality is pluralistic), (3) rules are defined and enacted similarly in
hierarchical or heterarchical structures, (4) subsets and supersets of
objects or processes identify with the higher levels (in hierarchical
thinking) and with primary reference objects and processes (in heterarchical thinking), (5) synchronic and diachronic rules promote
superordinate relations, (6) interactions between objects that are of
inconsistent frequency or are barely over thresholds necessary to
activate mechanisms result in measurable outputs, (7) two classes of
mechanism are possible—those that revise parameters and those
that generate plausibility and rules, (8) mechanisms require interactions that lie within the range of the parameters that control the
mechanisms to result in measurable output, and (9) a depth and
breadth of knowledge associated with actions and events, processes,
and activities are structured within frames that are consistent with
the causalities framework (or integration framework). This definition
is extracted from and inspired by Holland et al. (1986).
Influence: The effect(s) on an object or process.
Information: Data with context.
Instability: Instability results in loss of functionality or performance. The
consequences instability is generally correlated with loss of value.
Instability is not the opposite of stability. Instability is the tendency
to change in a manner that does not maintain either the systemic
properties and traits of a system (objects and processes) or the individual properties and traits of an object or process.
Instance: A single occurrence of an enactment of a mechanism.
Integration: Integration is the unification of the objects through their interactions of energy, matter, material wealth, and information to provide
system-level functionalities and performances. Integration is a coalesce
of objects, interacting in perhaps unpredictable ways. Integration is the
combining of a systematic series of actions that take place in a definite
manner, directed to bring about a particular interaction between
objects and sets of objects. Integration is the method of setting up or by
chance satisfying the conditions that lead to a set of objects we refer to
as a system. Integration is a collaborative, value-enhancing approach
to demonstrating functionalities and performances of products and
services. Integration is a method that facilitates outcomes that are
beyond what an individual object can do either individually or by a
number of objects acting independently, that is, make things happen
that would otherwise not happen.