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Topic:
relationship as an object
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Petri net
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spatial metaphor in user interfaces
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spatial vs. temporal representation
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Petri net transitions and events
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problem of assigning names
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database as a model of reality
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database entities
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roles
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state machine
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coordination system
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people better than computers
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responsibility
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organizations as systems
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science
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information
Reference
Holt A.W., "Net models of organizational systems. In theory and practice", Ansatze zur Organizationstheorie Rechnergestutzer Informationssysteme, Oldenbourg, Verlag, 1979. Google
Other Reference
Proceedings of the Gesellschaft fuer Informatik Annual Meeting, Stuttgart, 1977
Notes
ITT PTC Advanced Technology Group, holtAW8.77
42 ;;Quote: the arcs of a Petri-net are as real as the objects themselves
44 ;;Quote: use a Petri net to represent an object at several, overlapping locations; e.g., Venn diagram
44+;;Quote: Petri net--an edge between circle x and square a means object x is found at location a
47 ;;Quote: objects can be useful in locating locations; e.g., a surveyor's stake
49 ;;Quote: in a Petri-net, a process consumes all products in its pre-set and produces its post-set; a product is produced or consumed by any process
51 ;;Quote: the data model of a library may use separate objects for two different books, or two copies of the same book, or a single copy at different times
53 ;;Quote: an actor is a person who plays a role; a single person may play several roles in any order
55 ;;Quote: associated with each role is a set of possible states; an activity changes the states of the corresponding actors
60 ;;Quote: a role must be fully explicable if a computer is to act in the role; roles of real, responsible people are not explicable
60 ;;Quote: business and social life is full of deadlines that form a complex web of dynamic relations; developed by trail and error
62 ;;Quote: only some ways work for organizing cooperative and competitive relationships between men; i.e., there exists a science of systems
62 ;;Quote: information is what guides people's actions; not what a computer processes
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Topic: relationship as an object (6 items)
Topic: Petri net (44 items)
Topic: spatial metaphor in user interfaces (33 items)
Topic: spatial vs. temporal representation (21 items)
Topic: Petri net transitions and events (21 items)
Topic: problem of assigning names (25 items)
Topic: database as a model of reality (25 items)
Topic: database entities (12 items)
Topic: roles (20 items)
Topic: state machine (67 items)
Group: coordination system (8 topics, 214 quotes)
Topic: people better than computers (35 items)
Topic: responsibility (12 items)
Topic: organizations as systems (28 items)
Group: science (45 topics, 1840 quotes)
Group: information (46 topics, 1141 quotes)