C12. Network Parameters Summary

Network Parameters Overview

The network level parameters in SiD are organized into three groups: resilience, autonomy, and harmony. Together, these parameters provide a comprehensive lens for evaluating the health and sustainability of the relationships within any system.

network level indicators the Resilience set: craftdccv The set (quickly) reroute important connections of resources, information and value. Transparency is the ability of agents within a system to see the actions of other agents, and participate in their planning. This allows agents to adapt their strategies to those of others and optimize their mutual balance within the system. Complexity says something about the intricacy of the network, affecting both efficiency, speed, and expected behaviour. You can measure it by combining the amount of nodes, the amount of connections and the network’s diversity. Centrality is a measure of structure of a complex network, which says something about to which extent the network is struc­ tured in a centralized or decentralized pattern. Diversity is the level at which agents and relations within the system differ from one another. In virtually all cases, a higher diversity increases all system indicators, resilience, autonomy and harmony. This can usually only happen in conjunction with increased flexibility. Validity is the truthfulness of information transmitted in a network as reflected on the objective observations of all of the nodes in the system. Also, it reflects on the relevance of the inquiry and the tools used. Measuring this parameter will expose a social component that may well be a pivotal indicator of the health of a society. network level indicators :

Self-Governance is the measure to which the constituents of a system can govern themselves. Self-Sufficiency is the measure to which the system can fulfill its own basic needs and beyond.

Circularity is the measure to which resources in the system are, and can be re-used in a closed loop. Network Support is the system’s ability to support neighboring systems in case of calamity.

Efficiency is the amount of agents and assets contributing positively to the system in relation to their cost. : Power Balance refers to who controls what happens, and influences decision making. It also includes distribution of assets, and who controls resources and wealth. Expression refers to who can talk, who is heard, and what can be said openly? This includes freedom of expression and/or repression of perspective or opinion, commitment to transparency, and voluntary free flow of information. Access has to do with who can access important information, resources, education, etc, and to what extent? Inclusion is about to what extent people and all other life are considered valuable in relation to each other. It includes civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, gender and race equality. Equity deals with the degree to which specific needs are equitably met. network level indicators

From the SiD Book

The Network level The network is the level on which all objects exchange things with one another. It’s the flow of people and information, resource flows, laws, regulation, trade, economy, and so on. It is the collection of all relationships between all objects in the system. The system as a whole consists of the combination of the objects and the network. It serves as a mid-level between the system-level and the object-level. Connections in a network may also be referred to as ‘relationships’ or ‘flows’. In some cases, for instance for work performed in social dynamics, it’s useful to think of the connections as ‘values’. The network level is by necessity more abstract than the object level, and some parts of networks are easier to understand than others. We’re used to thinking in terms o...