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On some aspects of cognitive graphics application for systems thinking and systems practice
Author(s) -
Pogodin Victor A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1743(199807/08)15:4<327::aid-sres181>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - computer science , graphics , information system , representation (politics) , graph , management science , data science , management information systems , human–computer interaction , theoretical computer science , engineering , computer graphics (images) , politics , law , political science , electrical engineering
This paper studies some possibilities for the creation and practical use of a visual graphic information model (as a spatial graph in a coordinate system, created by information variables, chosen for the system description) for systems research of complex objects and problems. The main features, possibilities and limits of the model in particular as regards the visual representation of the existence, structure and qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the system's elements and relations are described. The model is used as an aid to analysis based on principles of architecture for systems study and forecasting. As an example, a graphic model of an industrial corporation is considered. Recommendations for the application of this model for systems management, project management, information resources management and for the creation of a computerized information system for competitor analysis are given. It is also demonstrated that the model may be used for the description and study of some other kinds of objects and problems as well as for illustration of some statements on system features made by the contributors of GST and different strands of systems thinking. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.