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Toward the understanding and design of System-of-Systems (SoS) that consists of functional and complex interactions and cooperation of independent systems, we introduce “Rhizome” as a concept to weave independent systems, almost all of which have tree-type structure, into SoS. We discuss the significance and potential of the Rhizome-typed systems approach to complement the so-called tree-typed systems approach. While the tree-typed approach employs hierarchical structure and functional partition in inter-systems, the Rhizome-typed approach should promote change and/or difference generation in systems without postulating hierarchical structure and functional partition. Emphasizing the significance of people element in SoS, we should take the bottom-up standpoint in systems design for SoS, and it is pivotal to incorporate people element into the bottom-up systems approach, i.e., the Rhizome-typed approach. From a viewpoint of the Rhizome-typed systems design, we propose an interpenetrative SoS model to achieve interpenetration between system borders as a dynamical mechanism that mediates interactions and cooperation of systems based on human activities.
Adapted from Shimohara [16]. Partly reprinted by permission of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers.
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Shimohara, K. (2021). Interpenetration of System Borders Mediated by Human Activities: Weaving Trees with Rhizome. In: Kaihara, T., Kita, H., Takahashi, S. (eds) Innovative Systems Approach for Designing Smarter World. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6651-6_7
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