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Systemography or SGR is a process where phenomena regarded as complex are purposefully represented as a constructed model of a general system. It maybe used in three different roles: conceptualization, analysis, and simulation. The work of Jean-Louis Le Moigne is associated with systemography.
The systemography modeling consists of building, simultaneously, the process´ operational, the informational and the decisional systemographs in modeling phase. Ettore Bresciani Filho (2001) recommends the following order in the systemography modeling:
- Define the border of the system to be modeled, characterizing the border´s processors responsible for the system´s inputs and outputs.
- Build the operational systemograph of the production system, disposing in a block diagram the different stages of the production process, representing each one with an operational processor.
- Build the informational systemograph of the production system, disposing in a block diagram the different stages of the information´s generation, transformation and communication, representing each one with an informational processor.
- Build the decisional systemograph of the production system, disposing in a block diagram the different stages of the decision´s process representing each one with decisional processors.
- Classify the processors of the systemographs in categories, types and levels; building a comparative table of processors.
- Identify the possible forces fields influences, such as culture and organizational climate.
- Relate the problems in priority order, applying problem analysis techniques to identify and find solutions for each one of them.
- Use mathematical methods for the modeling the processors as the system as a whole.
- Propose the solution of the problems in the form of recommendations and procedures to be adopted. To systemograph consists, in a few words, in building a model, physical or mathematical, static or dynamic, analytical or numeric of a phenomenon that can be noticed as complex by the analyzer that intends to model it.
The elaboration of the operational systemographs (presenting the operations involved in the process), of the informational systemographs (where the information flow is highlighted) and of the decisional systemographs (where the decisions are shown) allows, during the activity analysis, to evaluate it and to improve it.
These systemographs allow to observe and to eliminate redundancies and cycles that are (or not) important for the process, providing its systemic visualization, identifying points to allow its rationalization, its increase of flexibility and its activation.
Usage examples of "systemography".
Besides the glands, both surfaces of the leaves and the pedicels of the tentacles bear numerous minute papillae, which absorb carbonate of ammonia, an infusion of raw meat, metallic salts, and probably many other substances, but the absorption of matter by these papillae never induces inflection.
After a leaf had been left in a weak infusion of raw meat for 10 hours, the cells of the papillae had evidently absorbed animal matter, for instead of limpid fluid they now contained small aggregated masses of protoplasm, which slowly and incessantly changed their forms.
A raw and overwhelming grief flooded her, and her throat ached with defeat.
But, like Parmenides and Protagoras, Socrates also turned away from scientific observation and concentrated more on what might be achieved by raw thought.
Granny Aching had been wrapped in a woollen blanket, with a tuft of raw wool pinned to it.
Raw Onions contain an acrid volatile oil, sulphur, phosphorus, alkaline earthy salts, phosphoric and acetic acids, with phosphate and citrate of lime, starch, free uncrystallized sugar, and lignine.
Lord Ado looked shriveled, a large bruise on the side of his face, his neck raw and abraded.
And he drew from recollection, the raw enthusiasm of his adolescence, when ideals were a substitute for judgment, life was play, and the future entailed nothing more lively than horse raids and begetting children.
But he is the man I send afield for my raw material, and he has always been able to find for me the mud of the slimiest consistency and most nauseous stench.
We were in great dismay, since there was no agate as raw material at hand.
Raw meat is too powerful a stimulant, and even small bits generally injure, and sometimes kill, the leaves to which they are given: the aggregated masses of protoplasm become dingy or almost colourless, and present an unusual granular appearance, as is likewise the case with leaves which have been immersed in a very strong solution of carbonate of ammonia.
A very strong solution of this salt and rather large bits of raw meat prevent the aggregated masses being well developed.
Behind them, the sage continued his chant, reciting slokas upon slokas, the mantras seeming to change the very texture of the air they breathed, infusing their lungs with raw, pure energy drawn down from the akasa to replace the foul atmosphere of the Bhayanak-van.
Sandi Thiaput at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, had made several measurements of the Martian albedo for another project the previous year and Sandi e-mailed the raw and post-processed data to him.
Empire, two men were drinking raw alk and knocking the shots back with homebrew in a portabar not far from a construction site.