On Some Major Systems' Properties
В. А. Соколов · IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) · 1974
The paper discusses a set of general system properties which can be used as macro-properties in systems specifications. To make the discussion more illustrative the general system properties are presented through the descriptive definition of the two classes of systems: primitive systems and complex systems. These classes do not exhaust all varieties of practical systems, but rather identify limiting cases which encompass the whole spectrum of other systems.