Definition
A system is made up of:
- A directed graph of interconnecte locations.
- Resources at each location.
- Processes at each location
- Operations related to resources
- Consuming
- Creating
- Moving
- Combining
- Generally manipulating
Very general definition to capture real world as well as computational processes
Examples
Vending machine:
- locaitons are vending machine, customer
- resources: money, chocolate
- Actions: buying, vending, etc.