A manager for a dynamic complex system is disclosed which associates a single, simple, versatile and malleable Management Scheme with each entity of the system, including the system itself. The Management Scheme permits management of systems via the mapping of information to a simple hierarchical management level wherein all of the information necessary to manage the system can be manipulated and communicated throughout the system via simple arithmetic operations. The Management Scheme is a compound integer number computed from management kernels and is stored in a Management Field of a Control Parameter. The Control Parameter also includes an Identifier Field storing a code number which identifies a particular entity. Management kernels are integer primes to an integer power of one or more.
