Foundations for system measurement

A system can be defined as a set of elements that interacts with its environment, where relationships exist between the elements. Numerous disciplines in the sciences including physical, social, and behavioral, as well as the realms of engineering, business, and economics are concerned with objects, processes, and phenomenon that satisfy this generic, system definition. These fields and others have a need to understand systems within their domain. Key to understanding a system is being able to measure it. This paper presents fundamental concepts and an empirically feasible methodology for system measurement.