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Complexity is one of the aspects of systems hardest to characterize. Therefore, we will summarize the current views of several workers who have contributed to defining or explaining what is meant by complexity. This diversity of meanings is the best demonstration of the inherent difficulty in capturing all the facets of complexity.
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van Gigch, J.P. (1991). Complexity. In: System Design Modeling and Metamodeling. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0676-2_8
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