Information and self-organization : a macroscopic approach to complex systems /
This book presents the concepts needed to deal with self- organizing complexsystems from a unifying point of view that uses macroscopic data. The meanings of "information" are discussed. A general formulation of the maximum inform- ation (entropy) principle is used. With aid of synergetics...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1988]
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| Series: | Springer series in synergetics ;
v. 40. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book presents the concepts needed to deal with self- organizing complexsystems from a unifying point of view that uses macroscopic data. The meanings of "information" are discussed. A general formulation of the maximum inform- ation (entropy) principle is used. With aid of synergetics adequate objective constraints for a large class of systems are formulated and examples are given from physics and biology. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662078938 (electronic bk.) 3662078937 (electronic bk.) |