 Language, Syntax, and Semantics for Describing Dynamics of SystemsChristoph E. Mandl ()
Chapter Chapter 5 in Managing Complexity in Social Systems, 2023, pp 49-69 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Natural language, or ordinary language, is any systemSystem of communication that has evolved in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation. Its purpose typically is that we can interact in more sophisticated ways than, say, wolves when hunting or bees when collecting nectar or fish when schooling. Natural languages are extremely flexible and so can be used for everything we are capable of interacting, communicating, and expressing. Yet in some domains, using natural language was found to be complicated or awkward, so our ancestors invented special-purpose languages. These languages include not only mathematical notation, logical representation, and computer language but also musical notation. They have one common element: they are expressed and perceived visually rather than auditory—so-called semasiographic languagesSemasiographic language. Like natural languages, each has its specific syntax and semantics—so does the language of stock and flow diagrams or SFD. Before one can use SFDSFDStock and Flow Diagram, one first has to learn it. That is what this chapter is about. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-031-30222-0_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30222-0_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Management for Professionals from Springer |
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