---
id: wiki-2026-0508-synergy
title: Synergy
category: 10_Wiki/Topics
status: verified
canonical_id: self
aliases: [시너지, Combined Effect, Emergent Effect]
duplicate_of: none
source_trust_level: A
confidence_score: 0.85
verification_status: applied
tags: [systems-theory, business, military, emergence, combined-arms]
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
github_commit: pending
tech_stack:
  language: conceptual
  framework: systems-thinking
---

# Synergy

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 synergy 는 1+1 > 2 — components 의 combined effect 의 sum 보다 큰 case"**. 매 systems theory (Aristotle "whole > sum"), business strategy (M&A), military combined arms 의 cross-cutting concept. 매 2026 software 의 microservice composition, AI ensemble, multi-agent coordination 의 substrate.

## 매 핵심

### 매 origin
- **Aristotle**: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" (Metaphysics).
- **Buckminster Fuller**: synergetics — "behavior of whole systems unpredicted by parts."
- **Ansoff (1965)**: business synergy framework — 2+2=5 effect.
- **Combined Arms (military)**: infantry + armor + air → mutual reinforcement.

### 매 types
- **Cost synergy**: shared infra → unit cost ↓ (M&A justification).
- **Revenue synergy**: cross-sell, bundle.
- **Operational synergy**: shared process / tech stack.
- **Negative synergy (anti-synergy)**: cultural clash, overhead → 1+1 < 2.

### 매 mechanism
- **Complementarity**: 각 part 의 strength 가 다른 part 의 weakness 의 cover.
- **Resource sharing**: fixed cost amortization.
- **Network effect**: connection 자체 의 value 의 source.
- **Information sharing**: 매 knowledge transfer 의 multiplier.

### 매 software/AI 응용
- **Multi-agent system**: planner + executor + verifier 의 division of labor.
- **Ensemble learning**: weak learners 의 combine → strong (boosting, stacking).
- **Tool-using LLM**: LLM + Python + search + KG → 매 individually 의 weak combinations 의 strong system.
- **Microservice composition**: bounded context 의 individual deploy + integration synergy.

### 매 응용
1. **AI ensemble**: 모델 vote / stack — single 보다 +5-10% accuracy.
2. **Multi-agent (Claude + tools)**: 매 hallucination ↓ via verifier.
3. **M&A integration**: 매 due diligence 의 synergy hypothesis 의 validation.

## 💻 패턴

### 1. Ensemble (stacking)
```python
from sklearn.ensemble import StackingClassifier
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
from xgboost import XGBClassifier
from sklearn.svm import SVC

base = [
    ("xgb", XGBClassifier(n_estimators=300)),
    ("svm", SVC(probability=True)),
    ("lr", LogisticRegression(max_iter=1000)),
]

# meta-learner combines base predictions — synergy
stack = StackingClassifier(estimators=base, final_estimator=LogisticRegression())
stack.fit(X_train, y_train)
```

### 2. LLM + tools (synergy)
```python
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic()

tools = [
    {"name": "python", "description": "execute Python", ...},
    {"name": "web_search", "description": "search web", ...},
    {"name": "knowledge_graph", "description": "query KG", ...},
]

# LLM strength: language understanding + planning
# Tool strength: ground truth (math, fresh info, structured)
# Synergy: better than either alone
resp = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-opus-4-7", tools=tools,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Compare GPU prices today and compute 10-year ROI."}]
)
```

### 3. Multi-agent (planner + executor + critic)
```python
def multi_agent_solve(task):
    plan = planner_llm(task)               # decomposition synergy
    drafts = [executor_llm(step) for step in plan]
    critique = critic_llm(plan, drafts)    # verification synergy
    if critique.has_issues:
        return multi_agent_solve(task + critique.feedback)  # loop
    return drafts
```

### 4. Microservice composition
```yaml
# Each service independently deployable; orchestration creates synergy
services:
  user-service:    { db: postgres-users,    bounded_context: identity }
  order-service:   { db: postgres-orders,   bounded_context: commerce }
  payment-service: { db: postgres-payments, bounded_context: finance  }
  notify-service:  { queue: kafka,          bounded_context: comms    }

# Saga orchestration: each independent, combined → checkout flow
```

### 5. Combined arms (game/sim)
```python
class Squad:
    def __init__(self):
        self.tank = Tank()      # absorb damage
        self.infantry = Infantry()  # capture
        self.medic = Medic()    # sustain
        self.recon = Recon()    # vision

    def effectiveness(self):
        # Multiplicative synergy, not additive
        base = sum(u.power for u in [self.tank, self.infantry, self.medic, self.recon])
        synergy_bonus = 0.4 if self.has_all_roles() else 0
        return base * (1 + synergy_bonus)
```

### 6. Synergy measurement
```python
def synergy_score(parts_individual, combined):
    """Synergy index: > 1 means positive, < 1 negative."""
    return combined / sum(parts_individual)
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| Heterogeneous models | Stacking ensemble |
| Reasoning + ground truth | LLM + tool synergy |
| Complex pipeline | Multi-agent (specialized roles) |
| Negative synergy risk | Decompose / decouple |
| Single dominant component | 매 synergy 의 forced 의 X — pick winner |

**기본값**: heterogeneity 의 source 의 high 일 때만 synergy 의 pursue.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[System-Theory]] · [[Emergence]]
- 변형: [[Combined-Arms]] · [[Ensemble-Learning]] · [[Multi-Agent-System]]
- 응용: [[LLM-Tool-Use]] · [[Microservice-Architecture]]
- Adjacent: [[Network-Effect]] · [[Holism]] · [[Support Insulated]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: synergy hypothesis ideation, architecture review (synergy/anti-synergy 식별).
**언제 X**: synergy quantification (require domain measurement, LLM 의 estimate 의 unreliable).

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **Synergy 의 assume without measurement**: 매 M&A 의 typical failure.
- **Forced ensemble of similar models**: 매 correlated → no gain. heterogeneity 의 critical.
- **Multi-agent 의 every task**: 매 simple task 의 single LLM 으로 충분 — overhead 의 큰.
- **Microservice 의 over-decompose**: 매 distributed monolith — anti-synergy.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (Aristotle Metaphysics, Ansoff "Corporate Strategy" 1965, Wolpert "No Free Lunch", Brown 2024 multi-agent debate paper).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — synergy (systems theory + business + AI ensemble + multi-agent) |
