Meta-Systems

This category contains examples of systems that operate at conceptual or meta-levels - systems that model themselves, or templates that demonstrate universal system principles.

Examples in this Category

  • Type: Software system modeling itself

  • Complexity: 19.7 (self-referential system coordination)

  • Domain: Technology/Software Development

  • Key Insight: Recursive system definition - a system for modeling systems

  • Type: Generic system demonstrating universal principles

  • Complexity: 18.4 (universal system template)

  • Domain: Theoretical/Foundational

  • Key Insight: Demonstrates Mobus 7-tuple framework across all domains

Meta-System Characteristics

Meta-systems exhibit unique properties:

  • Self-reference: Systems that can model or describe themselves

  • Universal principles: Templates showing patterns across all domains

  • Recursive definition: Systems composed of systems following same principles

  • Conceptual abstraction: Operating at higher levels of organization

These examples demonstrate how systems science provides frameworks that apply to systems studying systems - the recursive nature of systemness itself.

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