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Self-organization has been correlated with an increase in order, i.e. a reduction of entropy.
“Self-organization has been correlated with an increase in order, i.e. a reduction of entropy (Gershenson and Heylighen, 2003).”
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“Self-organization has been correlated with an increase in order, i.e. a reduction of entropy (Gershenson and Heylighen, 2003).”
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- Authors
- Gershenson, C., & Heylighen, F.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 606-614
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W2115787194
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 9.18
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Systems and Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Social Sciences › Education › Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- Keywords
- self-organization, self-organizing systems, entropy dynamics, observer perspective
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