Abstractly modelling complex systems

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This paper approaches general system theory on the basis of the familiar five doctrines: 1. any (species of) mathematical structure is represented by a category; 2. any mathematical construction is represented by a functor; 3. any natural correspondence of one construction to another is represented by a natural transformation; 4. any construction forming a complex structure from a pattern of related simple structures is represented by a colimit; 5. given a species of structure, then a species of structure obtained by enriching the original is represented by a comma category. The paper is expository, and well written. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0898.00018].











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