(a) Fully automated production process
(b) Computer program
In such a system there is predictable input and output as the system reacts in a predictable way.
Random systems –also known as probabilistic or stoichastic system. It is one in which
somesteps/activities can be predicted with certainty and other will occur with varying degrees of
probability. There are many probabilistic systems in a business organization e.g. provision of bad
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