Complex Systems

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Introduction

The Unicist approach transforms complex problems into simple solutions, and these simple solutions into “easy” actions.

We define a complex system as an open system, which determines the functionality of a unified field through the conjunction of objects and/or subsystems.

A complex system has the following characteristics:

1) It is an open system, meaning that the energy flows to and from the system itself.

2) The external limits of the unified field (its globality) behave as the ones of a fuzzy conjoint.

3) Functionality is determined by the “conjunction” of elements that influence each other, generating “loops” of cause-effect relations.

4) The “disjunction” does not exist in a complex system.

5) The sum of the results of the subsystems is not equal to the result of the total complex system.

6) Relationships among subsystems are not linear; they respond to the double dialectics laws (purpose-antithesis / purpose-homeostasis).

7) Complex systems generate their own energy transformation using their own energy and the energy from the environment.

8) Complex systems are composed of subsystems, which are also composed of other subsystems, until reaching a descriptive level that is functional to their purposes.

9) Complex systems cannot be observed. The observer is part of the system.

“The Unicist Theory of Evolution”, the “Unicist Logic” and the “Logic of Fallacies and the Anti-concepts”, made the conceptual modeling and operation of complex systems possible.

Some examples of complex systems can be found in the social, economical, political and cultural aspects of reality as well as in management, marketing, strategy (of countries, institutions and individuals), learning processes, continuous improvement and interpersonal relations.

Transforming complex systems into simple systems is making them operative in a univocal way, with cause-effect relations that permit to influence the environment. This means transforming strategy, which, by definition, is a complex system, into operation tactics.

Transforming them into an easy task implies materializing these tactics through well defined actions, using a language that could be understood by all participants and the proper tools that could be used by all of them.

Nevertheless, even though we operate with simple solutions, in their essence, these problems remain complex.