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The aspects of actions described in Chaps. 10, 11 and 12 are valid for a single action but do not apply directly for situations involving relations between several actions. This chapter will consider how actions can be combined to form actions systems.

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    Langkjær [8] makes a distinction between needs and lacks and explains that the designer provides the means of satisfying needs which relate to a system having corresponding lacks. The point made is that the system does not need anything. It has lacks but only seen in the context of the needs adressed by the designer.

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Lind, M. (2024). Action Systems. In: Foundations for Functional Modeling of Technical Artefacts. Design Research Foundations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45918-4_15

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