| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
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Bibliography |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Future of learning,
1572-4794 ;
v. 5
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Future of learning ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
What is open systems science? / Mario Tokoro -- Biological robustness : a principle in systems biology / Hiroaki Kitano -- Life as inheritance of history : systems biology from epigenetics / Kazuhiro Sakurada -- The contingent brain : pursuing dynamic adaptability and perceptual stability / Kenichiro Mogi -- Evolutionary linguistics is revolutionizing the study of language and meaning / Luc Steels -- The future of content is in ourselves / François Pachet -- Towards the cybernetic Earth : cyborging Earth and its possibility / Jun Rekimoto -- Observation and control of global social information : econophysics challenges infinite complexity / Hideki Takayasu -- Computational information geometry : pursuing the meaning of distances / Frank Nielsen. |
| Summary |
Open systems science is the methodology employed to manage and solve the problems in systems whose operation involves interaction with the outside world, as opposed to being 'closed' and complete within themselves. This book explains the basic concept of open systems science and how open systems science can be applied to different disciplines. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
System theory.
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System theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Tokoro, Mario, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Open systems science. Amsterdam : IOS Press, ©2010 9781607504689 (DLC) 2009943987 (OCoLC)567148841 |
| ISBN |
9781607504696 (electronic book) |
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1607504693 (electronic book) |
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1282692682 |
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9781282692688 |
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9781607504689 (print) |
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1607504685 (print) |
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