system modeling

noun
UK /ˈsɪstəm ˈmɒdəlɪŋ/
US /ˈsɪstəm ˈmɑːdəlɪŋ/

System modeling is making a simple picture or plan to show how the parts of something work together.

The students used system modeling to draw how water moves through a town.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. In engineering, creating mathematical or computer models to study how a whole system behaves.

Engineers used system modeling to test the new train network before building it.

3. In science, describing how parts of a natural system, like a food web, connect and affect each other.

The class did system modeling to show how plants and animals depend on one another.

4. In business, mapping how departments, people, and information work together to get things done.

The company used system modeling to find where orders were getting delayed.