# Hierarchy
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## Microsims — three.js
### Hierarchy (three.js)
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**Open it full-screen:** [Hierarchy.html](https://wikitube-3d-microsims.netlify.app/Hierarchy.html) · library `threejs` · route `microsim/threejs/`
### Related microsims
Live sims on neighbouring articles — 1 of them inside this article's own Wikipedia link tree:
- [[Bifurcation_theory]] *(in tree)*
- [[Attractor]]
- [[Catastrophe_theory]]
- [[Dissipative_system]]
- [[Scale-free_network]]
- [[Synchronization]]
*Sim hosted off-article; the article owns the reference, not the runtime (WIKI_RULES §10.4). Placed by `g08_place_microsims.py`.*
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## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** tree / hierarchy
- **Microsimmability score:** 64/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Branching factor`
- `Levels`
- `Spread`
### What animates
A nested tree grows level by level as branching factor and depth change.
### Learning objective
Show how nested levels compose a hierarchy.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Thinking · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy)
> Relation: subfield of systems thinking.
## Concept summary
A hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an ...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems thinking)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Hierarchy
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render tree / hierarchy; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Hierarchy)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Complex_system]] · [[Control_theory]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Systems_theory]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*