Open system (systems theory)
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An open system is a system that has external interactions. Such interactions can take the form of information, energy, or material transfers into or out of the system boundary, depending on the discipline which defines the concept. An open system is contrasted with the concept of an isolated system which exchanges neither energy, matter, nor information with its environment. An open system is also known as a flow system.
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See also
- Business process
- Complex system
- Dynamical system
- Glossary of systems theory
- Maximum power principle
- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
- Open system (computing)
- Open System Environment Reference Model
- Openness
- Open and Closed Systems in Social Science
- Phantom loop
- Thermodynamic system
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