Alternative system

Alternative system is a competing system that has a complementary, to the base system, pair of advantages and disadvantages.

Overview

The term of alternative system is used in feature transfer.

The alternative systems are selected from the list of competing systems, meaning they always perform the same (or similar) main function. What distinguishes them is that they have exactly opposite advantages and disadvantages (identified in the first step of the feature transfer procedure) compared to the initial system/component that is being improved.

Examples of the alternative systems can be the following: