Promise theory

Promise theory is a method of analysis suitable for studying any system of interacting components. In the context of <a href="/facts/Information_science/HGG3e3Jv">information science</a>, promise theory offers a methodology for organising and understanding systems by modelling voluntary cooperation between individual <a href="/facts/Autonomous_agent/WDb3UqAS">actors or agents</a>, which make public their intentions to one another in the form of promises. Promise theory is grounded in <a href="/facts/Graph_theory/VVPCd4TX">graph theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Set_theory/1ptfsvUP">set theory</a>.
The goal of promise theory is to reveal the behavior of a whole by taking the viewpoint of the parts rather than the whole. In other words, it is a bottom-up, constructionist view of the world. Promise theory is not a technology or design methodology. It doesn't advocate any position or design principle, except as a method of analysis.
Promise theory is being used in a variety of disciplines ranging from network (<a href="/facts/Software-defined_networking/MJGFxyoj">SDN</a>) and computer systems management to organizations and finance.

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Promise theory