Hierarchy
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| - | A '''hierarchy''' (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from [[hierarch]]es, "leader of sacred rites", ultimately from ''[[hieros]]'', sacred) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. Abstractly, a hierarchy can be [[Mathematical model|modelled mathematically]] as a [[rooted tree]]: the root of the tree forms the top level, and the children of a given vertex are at the same level, below their common parent. | + | A '''hierarchy''' (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from [[hierarch]]es, "leader of sacred rites", ultimately from ''[[hieros]]'', sacred) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. Abstractly, a hierarchy can be [[Mathematical model|modelled mathematically]] as a [[tree structure]]: the root of the tree forms the top level, and the children of a given vertex are at the same level, below their common parent. |
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A hierarchy (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from hierarches, "leader of sacred rites", ultimately from hieros, sacred) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. Abstractly, a hierarchy can be modelled mathematically as a tree structure: the root of the tree forms the top level, and the children of a given vertex are at the same level, below their common parent.
Alternatives
- Rhizome (philosophy)
- Democracy
- Anarchism as a social/political theory and practice
- Peer-to-peer networks
See also
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