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Quotes from Principles of Systems — Jay Wright Forrester

d. 2016

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Formulating a model of a system should start from the question “Where is the boundary, that encompasses the smallest number of components, within which the dynamic behavior under study is generated?”

Principles of Systems (1968)

In concept a feedback system is a closed system. Its dynamic behavior arises within its internal structure. Any action which is essential to the behavior of the mode being investigated must be included inside the system boundary.

Principles of Systems (1968)

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