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name: paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp
description: Apply the Bar-Yam 2004: Multiscale Variety in Complex Systems article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Bar-Yam 2004: Multiscale Variety in Complex Systems

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the subject saw and its core results Yaneer Bar-Yam examined how control in systems must match the variety of disturbances at every scale. The 2004 paper generalizes Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety. It adds the requirement that respon

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-bar-yam-y-2004-multiscale-variety-in-complex-systems-comp/revisions
