"A root definition describing a notional system chosen for its relevance to what the investigator and/or people in the problem situation perceive as matters of contention."
— Relevance

January 1, 1970

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Peter Checkland, Systems thinking, systems practice: includes a 30-year retrospective (1999), p. 319 cited in: Raymond W. Y. Kao Sustainable Economy (2010), p. 411.