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This chapter looks at how systems can be connected or disconnected and then investigates the connectedness of systems under various conditions. In particular, Section 4.1 introduces the concept of connected systems and then Section 4.2 studies under what conditions constructed systems are connected.
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Forrest, J.YL. (2018). Connectedness. In: General Systems Theory. IFSR International Series in Systems Science and Systems Engineering, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04558-6_4
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