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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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RELIABILITY in dynamic terms 1)4)

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The reliability of physical or mechanical systems follows a characteristic curve in time. The curve includes three successive regions:

- the early or "youth" period when the systems have a high, but swiftly declining failure rate, as a result of the quick elimination of those who were defective because of some construction fault

- the useful life period when the failures are at their minimal level, during a quite long time, as the defective systems have been eliminated

- the breakdown period, when a quickly growing number of systems fail due to wear and aging

Of course, at each stage, reliability can be tested through appropriate methods.

An intriguing question mark is if and how this concept of reliability could be applied in the case of human systems: entreprises, political systems, or cultures among others

→ Automata (Reliability of); Redundancy

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  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
  • 4) Human sciences
  • 5) Discipline oriented

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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