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Interrelated entities that form a whole
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules or set of constraints to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems sciences. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SystemA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Software update: The ORCA program system—Version 5.0Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Management information systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysisCited 45,715 times
- Go sideways: Systems theoryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Glossary of systems theoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
Noun A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
Noun A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
Noun A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system
Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary
An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest
🆕 Influential since 2022
Software update: The ORCA program system—Version 5.0
Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild
CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2015–2019
Software Update: The ORCA Program System—Version 6.0
📚 Books worth reading
Management information systemsKenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon · 1945
21st Century AstronomyJeffrey S. Hester, David Burstein · 2002
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Operating System ConceptsAbraham Silberschatz · 1988
DOS for DummiesDan Gookin · 1991
LinuxTim Parker · 1996
Linux For DummiesDee-Ann LeBlanc, Melanie Hoag · 1999
Modern systems analysis and designJeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey George · 1996
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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