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Quote: we need an external model to portray the properties of a complex system; the model itself is a system

topics > all references > references g-h > QuoteRef: handP_1981 , p. 175



Group:
requirement specification
Topic:
mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors
Topic:
software models of reality
Topic:
design languages

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The human mind is not able to manipulate … reason the person may decide to generate a … [manifest - external to the human mind] to portray the properties of the referent system [part of a world seen as a system]. The manifest model system may consist of symbols and drawings … on a different scale of size (e.g. a … is related to another system, the referent system. …   Google-1   Google-2

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