Abstract
A fundamental systems-performance equation that relates system
throughput capacity to resources, resource-sharing procedures, and system
threads, and which governs non-growth, agent-directed systems, is proposed
and justified. The equation is called the resource-sharing equation. It shows
how throughput capacity can be maintained by reducing resources and
increasing resource-sharing procedure complexity, or vice versa. All
quantities used in the equation are precisely defined and their units
specified. The equation reduces to a numerical expression, and can be
subjected to experimental test. The equation clarifies and quantifies a basic
principle, enabling designers and operators of systems to reason correctly
about systems in complex situations. Spreng's Triangle, relating energy, time
and information follows from the resource-sharing equation.
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