A mathematical view of biological complexity
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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18/10/2012
18/10/2012
2009
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| Resumo |
This essay is a trial on giving some mathematical ideas about the concept of biological complexity, trying to explore four different attributes considered to be essential to characterize a complex system in a biological context: decomposition, heterogeneous assembly, self-organization, and adequacy. It is a theoretical and speculative approach, opening some possibilities to further numerical and experimental work, illustrated by references to several researches that applied the concepts presented here. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. CNPq (Brazilian Research Council) FAPESP (SaoPaulo Research Agency) |
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COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION, v.14, n.6, p.2581-2586, 2009 1007-5704 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/18705 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.10.003 |
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eng |
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
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Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation |
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closedAccess Copyright ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
| Palavras-Chave | #Complexity measure #Dynamical system #Entropy #Information #Self-organization #SELF-ORGANIZING PROCESS #INFORMATION-THEORY #DYNAMICAL MODEL #COMMUNITIES #PHYLLOTAXIS #EVOLUTION #SYSTEMS #PHYSICS #Literature, British Isles #Mathematics, Applied #Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications #Mechanics #Physics, Fluids & Plasmas #Physics, Mathematical |
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