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consider the whole problem and possible solutions in the context of lifecycle
issues, including costs and time constraints, and achievement of system performance. So, it is also incumbent on those who analyze systems to discern
the mechanisms and behaviors that are represented through certain variables. Therefore, the charter of systems thinkers is to create ideas, build
products and services, and analyze behaviors and other clues that suggest
mechanisms that are often incomprehensible or unachievable by other
means. The systems integration framework originates from this merger of
systems thinking, systems theory, fundaments, and principles.
The intent of this discussion is to develop an integration framework that
reflects theory and best practices in systems fields—engineering, sociology,
psychology, biology, cybernetics, computer science, economics, management,
and the like.
Building on and expanding the work of Schlager and Blomquist (Schlager
and Blomquist 1999), frameworks should be compared based on nine factors: scope and boundary of inquiry; underlying model; impact of decisions; role of stakeholders; conceptualizations and explanation of action;
measures; and metrics of quantification. If the framework was particularly
theoretical, it would tend to (1) cover a limited number of object classes and
variability; (2) not necessarily contribute to the practice of systems engineering; and (3) overlook what it could not explain. If the framework was
overly practical, observations would be made in the absence of implications; there would be no context for defining facts in the context of what
remains unknown; and there would be no reliable method to plan contingencies around unknown variables.
Causality
If interaction is the cement of systems, then by this presentation, the causality
of events is caused by the concoction of objects, mechanisms, and behaviors
that have conspired or happened. The three driving determinants that form
the scientific foundation of the causal mechanical perspective are (1) the sufficiency of the EMMI that activates a receiving object mechanism and was
transformed into performance (and losses) that in turn carries on similarly
with another object, and so forth (termed as the modal causality); (2) the local
circumstances surrounding a specific event (termed as the proximate causality); and (3) the conditional causality that related modal causality to proximate causality. As a group, these three types of causality are termed as the
objective causalities.
Modal causality is the root cause of all events. Modal causality is the
basic source of events (the historical provenance) that provides the foundational causes from which local circumstances (proximate causality) and the