complex system
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomplexandsystem
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complex
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pleks/us/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These are now seen to be only a small element of acomplexsystemdriven by concerns other than the purely cognitive.
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There are specific mechanisms to describe the emergent properties of acomplexsystem.
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The consequence was acomplexsystemof political bargaining and reimbursements, hoarded and guarded reserves, constant pressure for increased percentages of local revenues.
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Soviet pedagogues were working out their so-calledcomplexsystemof project-based learning.
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The design approach to enable abnormal behaviour is closely related to the basic modelling methodology taken to create thecomplexsystemmodel.
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At the highest level of his hierarchy there are features and principles, such as evolution and entropy, common to any open,complexsystem.
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But only in the last decade has the question been asked of what really happens when contaminants are added to thiscomplexsystem.
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Acomplexsystemhas the process of self-organization built in.
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In this morecomplexsystem, only officials might accept and use the system's criteria of legal validity.
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But the discussion can be equally applicable to any mission critical aspects of acomplexsystem.
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In thiscomplexsystemthe two actors behave complementarily, not as organisms in conflict but as organisms coexisting in a network of relationships.
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As an important precondition of diagnostic training, the trainee needs a sound and profound knowledge of thecomplexsystemand its operation under abnormal conditions.
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Any formation of a topological system is a sequence of processes, during which a morecomplexsystemevolves from a lesscomplexsystem.
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Team production is an essential characteristic of the production process and organizations and at the same time gives it the characteristics of acomplexsystem.
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Participants are placed in front of a computer simulating acomplexsystem, such as a city transport system.
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In reality, intermediate care is acomplexsystemof services constructed out of different service components as stated above.
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What role can be played by the participants in thiscomplexsystem?
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