Category Theoretic Foundations for Systems Science and Engineering

Kenneth A. Lloyd ()
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Chapter 43 in Handbook of Systems Sciences, 2021, pp 1227-1249 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We propose category theory as the formal mathematical language and theory for studying systems. Using this formalism, a mathematical category can precisely reference and represent any system, including large-scale evolving systems of great complexity.

Keywords: Category theory; Systems engineering; Systems science; Morphism; Functors; Domain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0720-5_65

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