"Unfortunately, the word "system" has many colloquial meanings, some of which have no place in scientific discussion. In order to exclude such meanings, and at the same time provide a starting point for exposition we state the following definition: A system is a set of objects together with relationships between the objects and between their attributes. Our definition does imply of course that a system has properties, functions or purposes distinct from its constituent objects, relationships and attributes."
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p. 18: Italics quote cited in: Thorbjoern Mann (1992) Building Economics for Architects. p. 140
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Arthur D. Hall
Arthur D. Hall (1925 – March 31, 2006) was an American electrical engineer and a pioneer in the field of systems engineering. He is known as father of the "picture telephone" an author of a widely used engineering 1962 textbook Methodology of Systems Engineering.
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