Editing Systems design (section)

{{more citations needed|date=April 2013}}{{Short description|Organizing components structures and behaviors for any simple to complex system}}

The basic study of system design is the understanding of component parts and their subsequent interaction with one another.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Papanek |first=Victor J. |author-link=Victor Papanek |title=Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change |date=1984 |publisher=Academy Chicago |isbn=0897331532 |edition=2nd |location=Chicago |page=276 |oclc=12343986 |orig-year=1972}}</ref>

Systems design has appeared in a variety of fields, including sustainability,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Blizzard |first1=Jacqualyn |last2=Klotz |first2=Leidy |date=2012 |title=A framework for sustainable whole systems design |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142694X12000105 |journal=R Design Studies |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=456–479 |doi=10.1016/j.destud.2012.03.001|url-access=subscription }}</ref> computer/software architecture,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lukosh |first1=Heidi |last2=Bekebrede |first2=Geertje |last3=Kurapati |first3=Shalini |last4=Lukosch |first4=Stephan |date=2018 |title=A Scientific Foundation of Simulation Games for the Analysis and Design of Complex Systems |journal=Simulation & Gaming |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=279–314 |doi=10.1177/1046878118768858 |pmc=6187265 |pmid=30369775}}</ref> and sociology.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Werner |first=Ulrich |date=September 1987 |title=Critical heuristics of social systems design |journal=European Journal of Operational Research |volume=31 |issue=3 |page=276-283 |doi=10.1016/0377-2217(87)90036-1}}</ref>