Systems science

Systems science, also referred to as systems research or simply systems, is a <a href="/facts/Transdisciplinarity/JWbFqav3">transdisciplinary</a> field that is concerned with understanding simple and complex <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">systems</a> in <a href="/facts/Nature/CRC3KQUg">nature</a> and <a href="/facts/Society/PulvrYfa">society</a>, which leads to the advancements of formal, natural, social, and applied attributions throughout <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Technology/9Uav5WVR">technology</a>, and <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a> itself.
To systems scientists, the world can be understood as a system of systems. The field aims to develop transdisciplinary foundations that are applicable in a variety of areas, such as psychology, biology, medicine, communication, business, technology, computer science, engineering, and social sciences.
Themes commonly stressed in system science are (a) holistic view, (b) interaction between a system and its embedding <a href="/facts/Environment_(systems)/lmzo8gh1">environment</a>, and (c) complex (often subtle) trajectories of dynamic behavior that sometimes are stable (and thus reinforcing), while at various '<a href="/facts/Boundary_conditions/QEfmUqmP">boundary conditions</a>' can become wildly unstable (and thus destructive). Concerns about Earth-scale biosphere/geosphere dynamics is an example of the nature of problems to which systems science seeks to contribute meaningful insights.

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Systems science