1. An interactive semiotic communication system, the system comprising: a software engine configured to allow a user to represent and understand a complex system in a semiotic environment, wherein the semiotic environment comprises a multivariable system; a toolset comprising a semiotic ontological framework and accompanying semiotic representations; a graphical user interface, displayed on a computing device with a display, configured to allow the user to access and select an item from the toolset and otherwise interact with the complex system in the semiotic environment; and wherein the software engine is implemented on a computing device with a processor.